# Commission Regulation (EC) No 2870/2000 of 19 December 2000 laying down Community reference methods for the analysis of spirits drinks, Division A.3: Apparatus and Equipment

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Usual laboratory apparatus and in particular the following:
A.3.1. Analytical balance capable of reading 0,1 mg.
A.3.2. Thermometer, with ground glass joint, calibrated in tenths of a degree from 10 to 30 °C. This thermometer must be certified or checked against a certified thermometer.
A.3.3. Pyrex-glass pycnometer of approximately 100 ml capacity fitted with a removable ground-glass thermometer (A.3.2). The pycnometer has a side tube 25 mm in length and 1 mm (maximum) in internal diameter ending in a conical ground joint. Other pycnometers as described in ISO 3507, e.g. 50 ml may be used if appropriate.
A.3.4. A tare bottle of the same external volume (to within 1 ml) as the pycnometer and with a mass equal to the mass of the pycnometer filled with a liquid of density 1,01 (sodium chloride solution A.2.1).
A.3.5. Thermally insulated jacket that fits the body of the pycnometer exactly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2000/2870/annex/division/I/division/3/division/A/division/A.3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2000-2870/annex/division-I/division-3/division-A/division-A.3
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