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Showing posts with label TLC. Show all posts

Showing posts with label TLC. Show all posts

Monday, November 21, 2011

Let's Talk About TLCs Part 5 - Iodine Stain

The iodine stain is by far the easiest stain to prepare and use. The classic way is to simply have a chamber with some iodine crystals that ...

Monday, August 25, 2008

Let's talk about TLCs Part 4 - Ninhydrin Stain

2008 was the year where I became an amino acid chemist and as a consequence the Ninhydrin Stain has become my new friend. Many of the amin...

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Let's talk about TLCs Part 3 - Phosphomolybdic Acid (PMA) Stain

PMA Stain is a highly versatile general stain for developing TLC plates. The stain is easily prepared by dissolving 10 wt. % phosphomolybd...

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Let's talk about TLCs Part 2 - Hanessian's Stain

Don't you just love that feeling when you are checking your reaction mixture by TLC and no matter which stain you use nothing appears on...

Monday, November 20, 2006

Let's talk about TLCs Part 1 - Vanillin Stain

I've lost count of the number of times I've searched the web for TLC stain information long ago. I have a feeling that this is a reo...

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