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Handheld refractometer 116

This optical refractometer (honey meter) has scales in the range of 12 - 27 % for measurement of honey moisture. The reading resolution is 1 %. It is suitable not only to beekeepers but also for all who needs check bee honey quality (e.g. in food industry).

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Handheld refractometer

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Refractometer for honey beekeepers with 3 scales brix58-90 moisture12-27baume38-43 honey meter

Scale / characteristic	Scale Range	Resolution
Honey moisture	12 to 27 %	0.5 %
Glucose - Brix	58 to 90 Bx	0.5 Bx
Glucose - Baume	38 to 43 Be	0.25 Be

The honey quality in the world

European Union - Council directive 2001/110/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to honey

Title	Honey moisture
in general	</= 20 %
heather (Calluna) an baker's honey in general	</= 23 %
baker's honey from heather (Calluna)	</= 25 %

The usual sucrose concentration of selected substances

Example: 100 grams of 25 %Bx aqueous solution contains 25 grams of sugar. In other words, there is 25 grams of sugar and 75 grams of water in 100 grams of sugar solution.

Title	%Bx	Title	%Bx
cutting, or machining emulsions (water with oil)	0 ~ 7	apple juice, carbonated soft drinks	10 ~ 22
beer wort	0 ~ 20	pineapple	avg. 12.8
tomato juice	3 ~ 6	mango	avg. 13
peach juice	6 ~ 12	rowanberries	14
orange juice	6 ~ 13	milk beverages	16 ~ 21
apricots	8 ~ 11	plums	18 ~ 22
sour cherry	8 ~ 18	juniper - berries	30
pears	8 ~ 22	fruit concentrates	42 ~ 68
prunes	9 ~ 14	condensed milk	52 ~ 68
mirabelle plum	10 ~ 15	vegetable oil	57 ~ 90
cherries	10 ~ 18	sugar syrup	58 ~ 80
gentian (Gentiana lutea) - root	10 ~ 25	fruit jam (jelly)	60 ~ 70

Measurement

The liquid measurement is very easy. Place a few drops of the liquid on the optical part of the refractometer, cover the prism (the liquid will spread more easily over the prism), look throught the eyepiece against the light (focus, if necessary) and you will be able to read the result value on the scale.
General technical parameters

reference temperature 20 ℃
ATC - automatic temperature compensation (compensation range 0 ~ 30 ℃)
focus possibility
length ~ 175 mm
quality technical design
Content and equipment

a firm plastic case
a refractometer
a cleaning cloth
a suction tube
a screw driver
operating instructions

Handheld refractometer