The rothamsted pachimeter
โ Scribed by Schofield, R. Kenworthy ;Blair, G. W. Scott
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1932
- Weight
- 584 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0368-4075
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โฆ Synopsis
TIIE 1.kiscmx OF *rti~c llwrtiot)
I 1 h piccc of the pliistic n i n s is mndc into n cyliridcr of known radius ant1 Icngtli. !l'liis is pliicctl Iict\vc!cn two pliites, thc upper of which is fixed to onc ciid of :i loiig liorizontnl licnni. 'J'lic Iwatn is pivoted iit tlic otlicr ctitl rind thils allows thc plntc frcc vcrticnl nio~~ctncnt.. 'I'lie lower plntc is niovctl to :ind f f i with sitllicicnt~ nitililitmlc to C ~I I S C thc test cylintlcr to tiirn tit lcrist one coniplctc revolution. It. is found t l i i i t no I>i:rtiirtnetit Ii~ngtlici~itig (and si~iiitltaiicous tliiuning) occiirs utilcss tlic iippcr pliitc is cscrtitig iiiore than n ccrt:iin criticvl stress on tlic test cylinder. 'l'lic in:ichinc is tlcsigiictl to ~~i c n s i ~r e this st rcss.
In the cnsc of I I plnstic which is tiiiitlc lyttiixiiig w t c r or sonic otlrcr liquid with n dry tnntcriril (CJJ., Ilour, clay, ctc.) tlic proport.ion of liqititl ndtlctl is 1111 i~iiportnnt factor. In gcncml if tlic sntnplc is too wct it tcticls to dirty, or stick t o tlic plates of tlic ~n:icIiinc, t i n i l if too dry to cr1111i1)Ic, I)at slioiild tlierc be niiy :iplirccinlilc r:ingc ovcr wliicli the mist urc is ~vorktiblc it is ncccssary citlicr t o fix sonic nrliitrnry conccnt.rrition, or lmttcr still t.o work iilwtiys tit tlic sriiiic tlcgrcc of stickincss. lt'or csritiiplc, with floitr tloiiglts it is tiot tliflicitlt to ninkc up the test; Iiicccs t o t l i i i t moisture coiitciit, :it wlt icli t.hc tlougli will just tiot stick irlian ~irc*ssctl 011 to n &as plntc. Sliglit.lp diffcrcnt critwin will lie ticctlctl for diffcrcnt materinls. 'Clllr Slm 01' 1'111: CY1,Isnlslt l'ltc diniciisioiis of t h cyliiiclw iiiiiy Iw rliosi~n to sit it! tlic circumstances. Lut iiiirst he kiiowti, sinrc tltr critical lord is dircctlp ])~(JpUl-tiCJllii1 both to t h rritliits iuitl leiigtli. The plnstic iti~iss is ciisily fornictl into ti cylindcr of rcl)ro~liicillc rricliirs 11y rollirig i t bctwrwi two picccrr ~o i m ctises it is Iwst to form II pditiiit)ttry rot~glt cylitttlcr by forcing tlic dough tliroiifili IIII orifico or titirrow tul)o.
a1 l ~~! l l ' \ s l ~! ' \ 1 4 c ~s ~~l t l ! ~T l ~s 'L'lict upper pIiit,o is I I I I I ~I ! of glriss so tlirit, Llw snniplc iiiay bc ol)scrvctl tliroiigh it;. Stress is tipplied to tlic test cylititlcr by ri~titiii~g iviitcr froni it lOO-c*.v. IJiIrPttc COXI)ITIOS OF TIIE I'I,.~S~IC rJf \VoOtl Or 0 t h llliltC~ili~, kclit IIllllI% Il? I I I ~i l l l S Of tlt(J])S, nlld U. kllll\Vll ICIlgtll ~1 1 1 1 tllcll C'Ut Olf. 111 * I'iitciiL n~ililic~tl for.
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