specific gravity test

hi just wondering if someone can help me with specimen gold weight i did a sg test, and came up with1.5 grams of gold not real good at maths though dry weight is 2.34 ,wet is 2.06 thanks in advance as i know for some this is a easy one

lbg dreamer wrote:hi just wondering if someone can help me with specimen gold weight i did a sg test, and came up with1.5 grams of gold not real good at maths though dry weight is 2.34 ,wet is 2.06 thanks in advance as i know for some this is a easy one

G'day Pete

Yep I come up with 1.94g

Dry Weight 2.34 x 1.9 = 4.446
Wet Weight 2.06 x 3.1 = 6.386

6.386 - 4.446 = 1.94g

Its not super accurate, espically on small bits, but its a bit of a guide.

cheers dave

davsgold wrote:

lbg dreamer wrote:hi just wondering if someone can help me with specimen gold weight i did a sg test, and came up with1.5 grams of gold not real good at maths though dry weight is 2.34 ,wet is 2.06 thanks in advance as i know for some this is a easy one

G'day Pete

Yep I come up with 1.94g

Dry Weight 2.34 x 1.9 = 4.446
Wet Weight 2.06 x 3.1 = 6.386

6.386 - 4.446 = 1.94g

Its not super accurate, espically on small bits, but its a bit of a guide.

cheers dave

thanks heaps for that dave , i would have almost bet that you would have helped me with this one as you also helped me with the last one hope you and ronnie are well

No worries mate, and yep were were both well and getting ready for a bit of detecting soon, see ya round again sometime.

cheers dave