Grain test

Handbook 44 defines five accuracy classes for scales in terms of the value of the scale division and the number of divisions. Class I appHes to precision laboratory weighing. Class II appHes to laboratory weighing (precious metals, gems, and grain test scales). Class III appHes to the majority of industrial and retail scales, and to all scales not specified in the other categories. Class III L appHes to vehicle, Hvestock, railway, crane, and hopper scales. Class nil appHes to portable scales used for highway weight enforcement. 

Standard grain tests have been established by various national standards bodies and by some pharmaceutical authorities. The most important of these... 

Whole article tests Grain tests are open to the criticism that they do not necessarily reflect the behaviour of the finished product in service, hence various tests on complete glass articles have been developed. These are normally carried out under accelerated conditions, and on completion various relevant factors are determined, such as loss in weight, alkali or other constituents extracted, the weight of soluble and insoluble materials in the extract and an assessment of surface condition. The advent of the electron microscope as a standard tool has made the latter study much more objective. 

Glass fibres present a particular problem. The water resistance of the base glass can of course the measured by a grain test, but this is unlikely to be representative of the performance of the final product. Generally, purely empirical methods are used to test the glass fibres in situ in a composite... 

Grain test in water at 98°C Measures alkali extracted. 

Typical application Seed and some grain testing Grain, leaves and some seed testing Food or food ingredients, feed or feed ingredients... 

Physical Properties of Cereal Grains Test Weight 1000-Kernel Dimensions Density (g/cm )... 

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