A differential capacitive transducer for continuous recording the mass flows through epithelia by immersion weighing.
The experimental set-up specifically for recording the weight changes involved in the measurements by immersion weighing of the osmotic and isotopic mass flows through epithelia, is described. It allows the conversion of any common mechanical microbalance into a device able to record mass flows at 10(-6) Kg.m-2.s(-1) sensitivity.
D002138:Calibration; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism*; D009995:Osmosis; D010539:Permeability; D012212:Rheology; D014159:Transducers