Osmolality - Its Not Just For Blood Work Anymore

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Check Reagents to verify purity. Check water to screen for contaminants. Check sports drinks to document quality. Check urine to monitor dehydration. The osmometer is known in the clinical laboratory, but almost unknown outside those doors. Osmometers very accurately measure the freezing point depression of a, usually aqueous, solution. Osmometers measure the total number of ...