Re: [ccp4bb] Aging PEGs

2011-09-05 Thread Hargreaves, David
bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Frank von Delft Sent: 24 August 2011 22:21 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Aging PEGs And now, does anybody know of systematic data indicating how consistently all this matters? phx On 24/08/2011 21:45, Prince, D

Re: [ccp4bb] Aging PEGs

2011-08-25 Thread R. M. Garavito
] On Behalf Of Jacob Keller Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 3:18 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] Aging PEGs A while ago I measured the pH's of old and new PEGs and found them very different, and internally attributed all old vs new PEG issues to pH. Upon reflection, this seems too

Re: [ccp4bb] Aging PEGs

2011-08-24 Thread Jim Pflugrath
board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Jacob Keller Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 2:18 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] Aging PEGs A while ago I measured the pH's of old and new PEGs and found them very different, and internally attributed all old vs new PEG issues to pH

Re: [ccp4bb] Aging PEGs

2011-08-24 Thread Craig A. Bingman
Commercial polyethylene glycol is contaminated with polymers that have aldehyde groups at the ends. Other impurities include some amount of internal epoxide linkages. The aldehyde groups can be additionally oxidized to carboxylic acids. I would assume that oxidation to terminal carboxylic

Re: [ccp4bb] Aging PEGs

2011-08-24 Thread mjvdwoerd
: [ccp4bb] Aging PEGs A while ago I measured the pH's of old and new PEGs and found them very different, and internally attributed all old vs new PEG issues to pH. Upon reflection, this seems too simplistic. Are there other known mechanisms of crystallization capacities of PEGs of various ages? Jacob

Re: [ccp4bb] Aging PEGs

2011-08-24 Thread Prince, D Bryan
] On Behalf Of Jacob Keller Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 3:18 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] Aging PEGs A while ago I measured the pH's of old and new PEGs and found them very different, and internally attributed all old vs new PEG issues to pH. Upon reflection, this seems too

Re: [ccp4bb] Aging PEGs

2011-08-24 Thread Frank von Delft
of the contents of this message is not permitted and may be unlawful. -Original Message- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Jacob Keller Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 3:18 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] Aging PEGs A while ago I measured

Re: [ccp4bb] Aging PEGs

2011-08-24 Thread Van Den Berg, Bert
: [ccp4bb] Aging PEGs And now, does anybody know of systematic data indicating how consistently all this matters? phx On 24/08/2011 21:45, Prince, D Bryan wrote: For those of us truly controlling types :), I used to make the PEG solutions and filter them over a Bio-Rad resin that filtered