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Why is very important to wait until the crucible is fully coleed to room temperature before weighting

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If you do not wait until the crucible is at room temperature, its density will vary constantly until it reaches this temperature, since density is a property that varies with temperature. For the above reason, weighing a hot crucible will not allow the measurement of a constant weight on the balance, since the weight of the object will be constantly changing, which will not allow a constant reading.

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