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> From: jlaveck at cpcug.org (Jerry LaVeck)
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>> On Wed, 28 Feb 1996 14:35:21 +0000 (GMT), MICMCB at leeds.ac.uk (M.C.
> Bean) wrote:
>> >Is anyone else out there, familiar with the experience of pouring a
> >polyacrylamide gel really carefully, ticking off every step as you do
it and
> >it not setting?
> >
> >Matt
> I haven't poured a gel in a loooong time, but I remember having your
> experience a few times. One cause is oxygen - it inhibits
> polymerization. You can take care of it by de-gassing the acrylamide
> mixture. Watch out here - you end up with something that sets up like
> a rock before you get it poured! The other cause is the catalyst -
> ammonium persulfate can go bad quickly. Make up a fresh mixture and
> use it in your next gel.
> Good luck!
>Good idea, that's what I call useful information,
Just about to get involved.
Peter Harris,
reading, UK.
