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

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This discussion focuses on at-home methods to test if a liquid is diluted urine, emphasizing the detection of urea, the primary compound in urine. Participants suggest using chemical reactions that produce color changes to indicate the presence of urea. Additionally, the conversation humorously touches on the possibility of testing for drugs in the liquid. A mention of using a black light for locating urine stains adds an alternative perspective to the topic.

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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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