saturation index

The cholesterol saturation index was calculated from the tables provided by Carey.

Calcium carbonate scaling tendency is estimated using the Langelier saturation index.

The saturation index (SI) of the same membranes was inversely associated with breast cancer risk.

Those with positive saturation indices are termed supersaturated, indicating they are favored to precipitate from solution.

A mineral is undersaturated if its saturation index is negative, indicating that it is favored to dissolve.

Minerals with a saturation index (log Q/K) equal to zero are said to be in equilibrium with the fluid.

The addition of similar amounts of bile salts with an equal effect on the cholesterol saturation index had no effect on the nucleation time.

Ryznar saturation index (RSI) was developed from empirical observations of corrosion rates and film formation in steel mains.

Good gall bladder contraction after breakfast is important because gall bladder bile has the highest cholesterol saturation index and concentration at that time and cholesterol crystals might precipitate easily.

The ratio of serum iron to TIBC (called iron saturation or transferrin saturation index or percent) is the most specific indicator of iron deficiency, when it is sufficiently low.

It has been reported that the addition of minute amounts of phosphatidylcholines normalised the short nucleation time of bile from patients with cholesterol gall stones while having only a minimal effect on the cholesterol saturation index.

The stability of biliary cholesterol verified by the first appearance of cholesterol monohydrate crystals (nucleation time), rather than the cholesterol saturation index (CSI), is considered to be a better index for differentiating bile metastability.