As per book reference, 60 brix. is prepared by 60g sugar in 40g or ml of water, giving a solution of 60 brix. but I am not getting the correct brix value. How do I prepare 100 ml solution of 60 brix. representing sugar concentration in brix or just percentage of sugar for 100 ml solution - which looks better for research work?
Check through your refractrometer. Practiacally it will be lower since presence of impurity and others.
Degrees brix is the % w/w of soluble solids in a solution. If the only soluble solids in the solution is sucrose then it equal to the sucrose concentration. Can be determined by using a refractometer.
To answer your question, it depends on whether the final mass of solution (60 degrees brix) you want is important or not. If you want 1000 gm of 60 brix solution as your product then weigh 600gm sucrose and add water until you obtain a total mass of solution of 1000gm. If the final mass is not important start with 1 kg of water and add 1.5 kg sucrose and you will have the same concentration.
Further to your question Asok. Please note that 100ml of solution does not translate into 100g of the same solution. Lets go over this once again. density of 60 brix solution is 1.286g/cu cm therefore mass of 100ml of solution is 128.6g. Therefore we are going to prepare 128.6 g of solution. Mass of sucrose required is 0.6*128.6=77.16g and mass of water required is 128.6-77.16=51.4g
First weigh your required amount of sucrose (say 20 g) to prepare 20 degree Brix solution. then tare a flask to zero add 20 g sucrose (99 % pure) and top up with water till it turns 100 g. Let the solute dissolve for 48 hr before making any reading.
Cheers,
Hi everyone, can you share the table for Brix and its density? I tried to find online but to no avail.
Thank you in advance!
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