As the the title suggests, how is it that a little light they put on our finger when at the doctors/hospital/etc.. is able to tell us our blood oxygen levels?
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In blood, the oxygen is carried by some molecules.
It just so happens when the oxygen binds to those molecules they change color.
So they shine a light, read the color and that figures out what proportion of those molecules have changed to that color.
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