Glycerol PAGE "toughening"

[Richard P. Grant]

In article <wgallin.1279949382A at news.srv.ualberta.ca>,
wgallin at gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (Warren Gallin) wrote:

>    Adding glycerol or sucrose to the separating gel mix will make it much
>easier to layer water on top of it to level out the upper surface.

*water*?  My goodness.  I always used isopropanol (propan-2-ol), with no
problems (and no sugar in the resolving gel, either).  You just have to
make sure that you wash it out thoroughly once the gel has set.

R

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