At-home method to test if it is diluted urine?

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The discussion revolves around methods to test if a liquid is diluted urine, focusing on at-home techniques that could provide reasonably accurate results. Participants explore various approaches and chemical reactions related to the composition of urine.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant suggests using at-home pregnancy tests as a humorous method to test the liquid, implying that it could yield unexpected results.
  • Another participant mentions that urea is the main compound in urine and proposes finding a chemical that reacts with urea to produce a color change.
  • A follow-up question is raised about the possibility of detecting creatine in the liquid.
  • A participant shares an anecdote about using a black light to detect pet urine, although this may not directly relate to testing for diluted urine.

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Participants present various ideas and suggestions, but there is no consensus on a specific method for testing diluted urine. The discussion includes humor and anecdotal contributions, indicating a mix of serious inquiry and light-hearted commentary.

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Some assumptions about the chemical reactions involved in detecting urea and creatine are not fully explored, and the effectiveness of the proposed methods remains uncertain.

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If someone has a liquid, is there any fairly simple at-home method to test if it is diluted urine? Something reasonably accurate?
 
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there's at-home pregnancy tests lol

lol put the stick in the liquid. If it comes out blue or pink or something, someone might in trouble :p

Well you're at it, why don't you test the liquid for drugs too. Then you'll know if somebody's putting/put drugs in the liquid, AND you might find out whether or not the person who (owned?) the urine (if that's what the liquid is) is on drugs

lol. sorry I didnt really have anything useful to say, I just thought that would be kind of a funny response. I hope somebody's actually able to help you.
 
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Urea is the main compound of uring, so all you have to find is a chemical that will react will urea and give you a colour.
 
Could you also detect creatine?
 
iansmith said:
Urea is the main compound of uring, so all you have to find is a chemical that will react will urea and give you a colour.

Ah, yes, that's all I have to do! All that would involve is rephrasing my original question from "urine" to "urea"
 
This probably isn't what you're looking for, but my neighbor has one of the special black lights and it's pretty cool.
http://www.spy-tronix.com/item.html?PRID=1369368
She has three cats and one of them was going tee-tee in the house. She bought one of these lights to help her find out where he was doing it.
 

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