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Australian Standard

Alcoholometers—Glass
AS 2371—1994
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee CH/1, Laboratory Glassware and
Related Apparatus. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia
on 21 February 1994 and published on 16 May 1994.

The following interests are represented on Committee CH/1:

Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Australian Government Analytical Laboratories
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National Association of Testing Authorities Australia

National Standards Commission
NSW Agriculture
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University of Sydney

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This Standard was issued in draft form for comment as DR 87051.

 AS 2371—1994

Australian Standard
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Alcoholometers—Glass

First publi shed as AS 2371—1980.

Second editi on 1994.

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7262 8842 X
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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Laboratory

Glassware and Related Apparatus under the direction of the Multitechnics Standards
Policy Board to supersede AS 2371— 1980, Glass alcoholometers (not incorporating a
thermometer).
The objective of this Standard is to specify requirements for glass alcoholometers and to
respond to requests from major distilleries, the Australian Bureau of Customs and the
Australian Government Analytical Laboratory, to address the problem of evaluating the
alcohol content of very high strength spirits.
The tables in Appendix C are taken from the Practical Alcohol Tables, Volume 1,
published by the Commission of the European Communities, 1978. Standards Australia is
indebted to the Commission of European Communities for permission to reprint these
tables.
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The term ‘informative’ has been used in this Standard to define the application of the
appendix to which it applies. An ‘informative’ appendix is only for information and
guidance.

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CONTENTS
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1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ........... 4

2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... ... .. .. . 4
3 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. ..... ... 4
4 MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... ... .. .. 5
5 CONSTRUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. ... ... 5
6 MANUFACTURING REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. . 7
7 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... ... . 8

APPENDIX
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A METHOD OF USE OF AN ALCOHOLOMETER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

B DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR ALCOHOLOMETERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
C ALCOHOL TABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

Australian Standard
Alcoholometers—Glass

1 SCOPE This Standard specifies requirements for glass alcoholometers, not

incorporating a thermometer, suitable for determining the alcohol content of simple
mixtures of alcohol and water for fiscal purposes.
Alcoholometers in two classes of accuracy are specified, as follows:
(a) General purpose, calibrated at intervals of 0.2 percent (V/V) in the range of
0-100 percent alcohol.
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(b) Special purpose, calibrated at intervals of 0.1 percent (V/V) in the range of
95-103 percent alcohol.
NOTES:
1 The procedure for using an alcoholometer is given in Appendix A and some
considerations for the design of alcoholometers are referred to in Appendix B.
2 Alcoholometers specified in this Standard are graduated at the reference temperature
of 20°C to indicate the concentration of alcohol by volume in simple mixtures of
ethanol and water at that temperature. Alcoholometer readings at other than this
temperature may be corrected to this temperature by referring to the tables in
Appendix C.

2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS The following documents are referred to in this

Standard.
AS
1514 Glossary of terms used in metrology
1514.1 General terms and definitions
2026 Density hydrometers
2433 Plastics —Method for exposure to ultravoilet lamps
2831 Thermometers —Solid stem — Long and short— For precision use

3 DEFINITIONS For the purpose of this Standard the definitions below apply.
3.1 Alcohol — this term refers to the compound ‘ethanol’.
3.2 Alcoholometer — an alcoholometer is a constant mass hydrometer calibrated to
measure the percentage by volume of alcohol in water/alcohol mixtures (% (V/V)).
3.3 Reference temperature — the temperature at which the alcoholometer has been
calibrated. For alcoholometers complying with this Standard, the reference temperature is
20°C.
3.4 Scale units — the units in which the scale of the alcoholometer has been calibrated,
which for this Standard, is percentage by volume of alcohol.
3.5 Verification — the testing of measuring instruments, material measures and
measurement standards, for conformity with a specification (see AS 1514.1).

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