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A gas pycnometer operates by detecting the pressure change resulting from displacement of gas by a solid object. Expanding a quantity of gas at known pressure into an empty chamber and measuring the pressure establishes a baseline.Then a sample is placed in the chamber and the chamber is resealed. The same quantity of gas at the same pressure is again expanded into the sample chamber, and the pressure is measured. The difference in the two pressure combined with the known volume of the empty sample chamber allows the volume of the sample to be determined by way of the gas law. --GOLD APP INSTRUMENTS

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A pycnometer is a laboratory glassware device used to measure the density of liquids and solids. It typically consists of a small, calibrated bottle with a close-fitting ground glass stopper. By weighing the pycnometer filled with a sample liquid or solid and then empty, the density of the material can be calculated.

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