An extendible height container is provided in which the corner elements telescope to extend the height of the container from standard ISO dimensions. The chamber is weighed to provide a value representative of the density of the drilling mud. A catalyst exposed to the first gas mixture causes a reaction between the hydrogen and at least a portion of the oxygen therein. Afterwards, distortion is given by adding an inert element with a comparatively large atomic radius to modify or highly densify a surface for preventing the intrusion of moisture or oxygen.