What is dry chemistry

Inspite of this misnomer the term dry chemistry is now generally accepted and has become a by-word in laboratory medicine or clinical pathology. It is thus relatively easy to separate this designation from the conventional methods, which, in analogy, are known as wet chemistry. Reflection spectroscopy, as already mentioned, is an essential part of the technology. 

The reflectometer performs the assessment and in some systems it also monitors the reaction. The analyte present in the water of the sample in partnership with the reagents in the test strip, produces the required reaction and the dye or colour is formed that produces a certain reflectance on exposure to radiation. This enables quantitative analysis comparable in precision and accuracy with classical photometry. A special feature of such techniques is that in most cases, undiluted sample material may be used. Also, the range of 

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