methanol in formaldehyde
Namik Kaya
kaya.3 at OSU.EDU
Fri Jul 18 10:16:46 EST 1997
Hi,
we just found a note on the ordered formaldehyde bottle, that it contains
10% methanol. The technical support gave us the information that all
formaldehyde solution contains methanol to prevent paraformaldehyde
precipitation, even if it is not indicated (?). Will this methanol
content have negative effect on RNA in formaldehyde/agarose gels, and we
should find "real" 37% formaldehyde in water, with that nice white pellet
in it?
Thanks,
Namik Kaya
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