Hydrometer the deuce juice?

[Mt_Man]

Has anyone ever check the specific gravity of their wmo mixes to see where it falls in relationship to diesel? Thinking of 80:20 wmo:gas for example
cheers

 

[Welder1]

I think the viscosity is more important than specific gravity. I am not sure that there is much difference on petroleum products as it relates to that.

 

[CMPPhil]

Hi

This could be an interesting thread, what are the simple ways of checking viscosity, and viscosity at temperature?

Look forward to reading more.

Cheers Phil

 

[jbayer]

Zahn cup.

 

[Mt_Man]

Yep zahn cup for viscosities. There is a table to reference. Hydrometers(some come with thermometer built it) is a density tool. Which most things are then related to specific gravity. There is a wiz-wheel for getting temperature corrected results.

I was think there might be a correlation between specific gravity and BTUs. Then check viscosities would be helpful too. Got a project that requires higher quality and control then for the deuce. Just for consistency of the end product with mixing up batches. Especially with BTUs.
Some other questions is how does mixing gas vs diesel effect the flash point, autoignition temps, viscosities, etc. Knowing that cetane and octane are very different characteristics. I know BTUs can be calculated.