A sucrose pipette for cane juice has a graduation on the upper part
of the stem which enables the operator to deliver double the normal
weight for the polariscope used, after having determined the density of
the juice by means of a spindle. A graduation of from 5° to 25° of the
brix spindle will be sufficient for all variations in the density of
the juice, or one covering a range of from 10° to 20° will suffice for
most instances. The greater the density of the juice the less volume
of it will be required for the weight mentioned. For general use, the
sucrose pipette is graduated on the stem to deliver from forty-eight
to 50.5 cubic centimeters, the graduations being in terms of the brix
spindle. The graduation of the stem of this instrument is shown in the
accompanying figure. In the use of the pipette it is only necessary
to fill it to the degree on the stem corresponding to the degree brix
found in the preliminary trial.
The quantities of juice corresponding to each degree and fractional
degree of the brix spindle are given in the following table; calculated
for the normal weight 26.048 grams for the ventzke and for 16.19 grams
for the laurent scale. The measured quantities of juice are placed in
a 100 cubic centimeter sugar flask, treated with the proper quantity
of lead subacetate, the volume completed to the mark, and the juice
filtered and polarized in a 200 millimeter tube. The reading of the
polariscope is divided by two for the factor 26.048 and by three for
the factor 16.19.
TABLE FOR USE OF SUCROSE PIPETTES.
Cubic centimeters Cubic centimeters
of juice for 26.048 of juice for 16.19
Degrees factor. Divide Degrees factor. Divide
brix. reading by two. brix. reading by three.
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