Re: Why grease at all?

[Cristy Nonato <mcn22@cornell.edu>]

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Clear tapes are an easy and fast way to seal your drops, but I would
avoid using tapes when you have alcohol (t-butanol, ethanol and so on)
in your crystallization solution. I have noticed that when they
evaporate, the tape gets wet and do not seal your drops properly any
more.

Cristy

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M. Cristina Nonato, PhD
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Cornell University
mcn22@cornell.edu
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Mark van Raaij wrote:
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> I don't see why anyone would want to grease a plate at all, there are
> sitting and hanging drop plates available which can be covered with
> clear tape - takes about 5 seconds...and makes it much easier to harvest
> crystals just by cutting a hole in the tape which then can be re-covered
> if necessary.
> --
> Mark van Raaij (raaij@embl-grenoble.fr)