Appearance (Colour)
White to off-white
Appearance (Form)
Free flowing powder
Solubility (Turbidity) 1.5% aq. hot solution
Clear
Solubility (Colour) 1.5% aq. hot solution
Colourless
Loss on drying
max. 10%
Sulphate (SO4)
max. 0.15%
Gelling temperature (1.5 %aq sol.)
26 - 30 °C
Melting temperature (1.5% gel)
≤ 65 °C
Gel strength (1% gel)
min. 200 gm/cm2
Gel strength (1.5% gel)
min. 300 gm/cm2
Gel strength (3% gel)
min. 500 gm/cm2
Electroendosmosis EEO (-Mr)
max. 0.10
Absorbance (A) of 1.5% aq. solution at ~50°C in a 1cm cell v/s H2O
@430nm
max. 0.1
@530nm
max. 0.05
@655nm
max. 0.03
DNase, RNase, Protease
Not detected
Notes
Melting temp (1.5% gel) ≤ 65°C, suitable for separation of DNA fragments <1000 base pairs (bp) & can distinguish fragments as small as 8 bp.
