Why in my gel the colorant is not distributing evenly?

20 April 2023 1 10K Report

why in my gel the loading dye is not distributing evenly? the loading dye is SafeView™ Classic

It seems that in fact your "colorant" is a mixture of two different moleciles that diffuse at a different speed. But I would need more information about your system to be more conclusive....

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