The Hydrometer Start of Fermentation
THE HYDROMETER Start of Fermentation
| Basic facts: | Volume of 1 kg dissolved sugar is 0.63 litres
Weight of 1 litre of dissolved sugar is 1.59 kg Weight of 1 litre of water is 1 kg (1 000 grammes) Weight of 1 litre alcohol is 0.8 kg (800 grammes) |
 Fermentation starts |
100 ml of dissolved sugar = 159 grammes (100:0.63)
900 ml water = 900 grammes 159 900 1059 grammes This is 1059 grammes over 1 kg = +59 degrees on the hydrometer (with Oechslescale) When the sugar has fermented to alcohol it looks like this: 100 ml alcohol x 0.8 = 80 grammes 900 ml water = 900 grammes |
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900 980 grammes. |
This is 20 grammes under 1kg, i.e., minus 20 hydrometer (with Oechslescale) degrees (coloured field) |
