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Is amniotic fluid 0.9% salt?

Tech From Here: NL · Dutch Design Week 2026

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The workRe-charge #3 (HuisKamerCollab, Willy de Rooij), on the Dutch Design Week 2026 programme ddw.nl

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Slide 1
A long wooden table with rows of wooden block stools and bowls under a glass roof, a tree and garden behind tall windowsPhoto: Mitchell van EijkMuseum or journal record
Slide 2
Bar diagram comparing sodium: late-pregnancy amniotic fluid about 135 mmol/L, blood plasma 136 to 146, normal saline 154Image: RN Collins studio, code-drawn
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Step diagram: early amniotic fluid is filtered from maternal plasma, the fetal kidneys add urine from about week 8, and late fluid is hypotonicImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn
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Diagram of the arithmetic: 9 grams of salt per liter divided by 58.44 grams per mole gives 154 mmol per liter, next to 134.6 mmol per liter, about 0.79 percentImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn
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Dish covers, coolers, soup tureens, salt cellars, pepper and mustard pots, sauceboats, Rijksmuseum (BK-17038)Frame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record

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