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2 unusual facts about Flow tracer


Blood–retinal barrier

These junctions are impervious to tracer, so many substances can affect the metabolism of the eyeball.

Flow tracer

When 28,000 Friendly Floatees plastic ducks and other toys were washed overboard from a container ship in the Pacific Ocean in 1992, oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer used them for the calibration and verification of ocean current models.



see also

Mixing time

Blend time, the time to achieve a predefined level of homogeneity of a flow tracer in a mixing vessel