Re: Questions on hardening gelatin

From: Katharine Thayer <kthayer@pacifier.com>
Subject: Re: Questions on hardening gelatin
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 12:20:19 +0000

> Ryuji Suzuki wrote:
>
> > * people on this list seem to calculate percent hardener in the total
> > solution volume, but the hardener-to-gelatin ratio is most directly
> > relevant.
>
>
> Good point. How would you express that, simply as a ratio of grams
> hardener to grams gelatin, disregarding the dilution?

(amount of net hardener in grams) / (amount of dry gelatin in grams)

For example if you use 2.5% stock of glut in x ml, then you would use
x/40 as the numerator.
Received on Mon Oct 3 19:47:40 2005