Glucose meter?

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2007-05-04 18:12:37 · 2 answers · asked by David K 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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What's the question. Glucose meters are used medically by people with diabetes to monitor the sugar in the blood. Strangely, dispite all the razzle-dazzle about the meters, they use a very old reaction process to work, the oxidation of iodide to elemental iodine by the sugar. The intensity of the purple-colored iodine is proportional to the amount of sugar available.

2007-05-04 18:22:39 · answer #1 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

2016-05-19 02:51:59 · answer #2 · answered by Allyson 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋