Re: Glyoxal

Richard Sullivan (richsul@roadrunner.com)
Wed, 05 Nov 1997 07:46:21 -0700

At 03:58 AM 11/5/97 -0500, you wrote:
>On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Richard Sullivan wrote:
>
>> At 03:49 AM 11/4/97 -0500, Art Chakalis wrote:
>> >
>> >Can glyoxal harden OR chemically react with gum arabic?
>> >
>>
>> It's supposed to. I've heard (can't confirm) that it was developed for the
>> mortuary industry as a replacement for formaldehyde. So it should also have
>> the hardening effect that serves some purpose when pickling people.
>
>
>Dick, Formaldehyde hardens gelatin but not gum arabic . . . are you sure
>glyoxal hardens gum arabic? Art

No. I just assumed it did. False assumption on my part? All colloids are
alike except for some I guess.

Dick
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