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Dye tracingDye tracing is tracking and tracing various flows using dye added to the liquid in question. The purpose of tracking may be an analysis of the flow itself, of the transport of something by the flow of the objects that convey the flow. It is an evolution of the ages-known float tracing method, which basically consists of throwing a buoyant object into a waterflow to see where it goes or where it emerges. Dye tracking may be either qualitative, i.e., the presence of particular flow and its estimate, or quantitative, when the amount of the traced dye is measured by special instruments. Additional recommended knowledge
Fluorescent dyesOften fluorescent dyes are used for this purpose, especially in the following circumstances
Fluorescein is among the first fluorescent dyes, developed in 1871. Its disodium salt under the trademark "Uranine" was developed several years later and still remains among the best tracer dyes.[1] Another popular tracer dye is rhodamine. Quantitative tracingThe first method for technology-assisted dye tracing was based on the absorption of dye in charcoal. Charcoal packets may be placed along the expected route of the flow, later the collected dye may be chemically extracted and its amount subjectively evaluated. Filter fluorometers were the first devices that could detect dye concentrations beyond human eye sensitivity. Spectrofluorometers developed in the mid-1980s made it possible to perform advanced analysis of fluorescence. ApplicationsWater tracingTypical application of water flow tracing include: [2]
Medicine and biologyDye tracing may be used for the analysis of blood circulation within various parts of the human or animal body. For example, fluorescent angiography, a technique of analysis of circulation in retina is used for diagnosing various eye diseases. With modern fluorometers, capable of tracking single fluorescent molecules, it is possible to track migrations of single cells tagged by a fluorescent molecule (see fluorescein in biological research). For example, the fluorescent-activated cell sorting in flow cytometry makes it possible to sort out the cells with attached fluorescent molecules from a flow. See also
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