Home › At the Fountain › Table of Density of Simple Syrup

Table of Density of Simple Syrup

This table shows the amount of syrup obtained by adding any number of pounds of sugar to one gallon of water. It is based upon the established fact tha one pound of sugar displaces ten American fluid ounces of water, and is accurate only for syrup made by cold process, as, where heat is used, a certain amount of water is lost by evaporation. Quantity syrup Percentage At the temperature Pounds of actually obtained.

Pounds of of sugar of Coº Fahr. sugar to sugar in contained one gallon one gallon in the cold water.

Gallons Pints ounces Fluid of syrup syrup, by weight Specific gravity Degrees Beaume I I IO .93 1034 1.043 6 2 I I 4 1.73 19¼ 1.080 II 3 I I 14 2.43 26½ 1.113 15/2 I 2 8 3.05 3234 1.142 18 I 3 2 3.6 37½ 1.166 2012 4 6 7 5 I 3 12 4.09 4134 1.188 23 I 4 6 4.52 4534 1.209 25 8 I 4.92 49 1.227 2634 9.

I 6 5 5 10 5.28 52 1.244 28¼ 10 I 4 5.62 54½ 1.258 29½ II I 6 14 5.92 57 1.271 3034 12 I 7 8 6.18 59 1.284 32 13 2 2 6.48 61 1.296 33 14 2 12 6.7 6234 1.306 3334 15 2 I 6 6.91 64¼ 1.315 34¼