BIOL 1208 Chapter : LAB REPORT
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Determining the rate of hemolysis of bovine red blood cells in. Hemolysis is the destruction or rupture of red blood cells. The rate at which hemolysis occurs can be regulated by the solution red blood cells are immersed in. Bovine blood cells were mixed with various glycol solutions and tested for the rate in which hemolysis would occur. The rate was determined by holding the test vial up to a light with a string behind it. Once the string became visible through the vial, then hemolysis would be assumed to be complete and the time was recorded. Each glycol solution had a different molecular weight and the trend showed that the heavier glycol solutions held a much longer hemolysis rate than their lighter counterparts. The vial was monitored for as long as it took for hemolysis to fully occur and the time was recorded, increasing for each glycol solution as the molecular weight increased.
