Is there a reliable formula to convert urine levels to blood?. Can they use a urine alcohol to prove intoxication while driving a car?
2006-12-21 12:38:54 · 3 answers · asked by papamarlee 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Blood alcohol content or blood alcohol concentration is the concentration of alcohol in blood. It is measured either as a percentage by mass or by mass per volume (or by both) When urine is analyzed for alcohol, one assumes that that there are 1.3 parts of alcohol in the urine for every 1 part in the blood, even though the actual ratio can vary greatly (depending on a great many factors---food consumption, number of times person urinated in the period of time before urinalysis, other liquids consumed....). Generally Urinalysis is not used to test drivers for drunkenness because 1) the test could not readily be administered on the side of the highway with minimum fuss (so,for practicality's sake the person would have to be brought "downtown", 2)legal issues arise if the officer is not sure if the person is intoxicated, and wants to bring them "downtown" to test their "hunch" and 3) the Breathalyzer is cheaper, easier for a police officer to administer, there is no >ahem< waiting for the results to come out.
2006-12-21 14:29:50 · answer #1 · answered by meggush 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Urine Alcohol Level
2016-11-10 21:09:04 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ok, believe it or no longer, while u drink alcohol even however its a depressant, it quickens your metabolism and shall we your hidden inhibitions run loose. while u drink, u sense extra lively, so your techniques waves improve because it desires to enable loose of despite u have been keeping interior you. So extra interest is going on interior your techniques, which in-turn makes your physique extra motivated to maintain up which comprise your techniques. additionally you cant forget approximately that your heart is likewise working to pump the alcohol by your gadget. Alcohol travels in the time of the physique like a wildfire because of the fact it absorbs itself into each and every water based cellular it runs into, which all of us know each cellular on your physique is water based. So the faster it is going by your gadget, the faster your physique eliminates it. one extra ingredient, your liver is exceedingly lots the only ingredient thats outfitted to breakdown all that alcohol that is going into your gadget, so the extra you drink the extra sturdy each and every thing is gonna paintings so as to purify your gadget. i'm hoping this enables answer your question. :-) P.S.= Im undecided if the intense blood rigidity ingredient has something to do with it or no longer.... Sorry.
2016-11-28 03:02:16 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋