Specific gravity of milk

Mass ( gram)
-Density  ( the unit of Density is gram/cm3 )
Volume ( cm3 )

Density of sample ( gram/ cm3)

-S .G 
Density of water ( gram/cm3)

- Specific gravity for the whole milk is 1.032 at 15.5 ° C or 60 ° F

- Specific gravity for the skimmed milk is 1.036 at 15.5 ° C or 60 ° F

-Specific gravity

Increasing Decreasing
- Skimming -Addition of cream
-Addition of skimmed milk - watering
- (Cooling) - rise of temperature ( heating)

- methods of determination specific gravity of milk:

- Lactometer
- westphal balance
- Density bottle

-Procedure:
1 - mixing the milk sample
2- put enough quantity of milk sample in cylinder
3- put the Lactometer and wait it stand and take the reading
4- temperature measurement by thermometer.

-Calculation

Lactometer reading
S.G  +1
1000
this equation when the temperature is 15.5 ° C or 60 ° F.
If The temperature it were other than these degrees, it should make
correction.

Correction of calculation:

1. difference of temperatures
2. correction factor ( C . F )
difference of temperatures × 0.18
3. correction lactometer reading (C.L.R)
Lactometer reading ± correction factor ( C . F)

correction Lactometer reading

4. S . G  +1
1000