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Acesulfame potassium (an artificial sweetener commonly known as Ace-K) which passes through in urine has also been used to determine the concentration of urine
by arsome 5y ago
Acesulfame potassium (an artificial sweetener commonly known as Ace-K) which passes through in urine has also been used to determine the concentration of urine in pool water.
- Scoundreller 5y agoWouldn’t that dépend a lot on the consumption of the pool’s entrants?
- Johnny555 5y agoFor a private pool with a few users, sure, one person could skew the results with a diet coke big-gulp, but for a busy public pool with thousands of users, then I'd think that some assumptions about average intake would give reasonable results.
- after_care 5y agoIt’s assuming the average pool goer consumes an average amount of artificial sweetener. Even further it’s making assumptions about the average person that pees in a pool.
- Johnny555 5y agoIf you're only interested in measuring increase over time, then the only assumption you need to make is that average consumption of Ace-K remains constant over time. And, I suppose that people that consume Ace-K pee in pools at the same rate as other people. As someone who doesn't pee in pools (but has peed in the ocean), I don't know how valid that is.
- tdeck 5y agoIn case you're from the U.S. and wondering why you've never heard of this particular sweetener, I looked it up. It appears to be one of the ingredients in Equal, along with aspartame.