If you have acidified and heated the sample to dissolve all the
calcium it will show that you haven't succeeded.
> Calcium oxalate may also take on a dumbbell-shaped crystal. As
> for recognizing it after acidification - how does that help in
> calcium determinations? The calcium is still lost to
> quantification.
>
> ---
> Dr. Steven Angel, MD, General Pathologist
> Department of Pathology
> Royal University Hospital
> Saskatoon, SK
> S7N 0W8
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Mike Collins MLSO3
Clinical Biochemistry & Immunology
The General Infirmary at Leeds,
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