2-mercaptoethanol is used to cleave disulfide linkages prior to protein electrophoresis. Triple distilled to remove impurities and stored under nitrogen.
| Molecular Weight |
Purity |
Water |
| 78.1 |
> 98% |
< 0.5% |
| Molarity |
Color |
Meta-hydroxy-diethyldisulfide |
| 14.2 |
< 30 APHA (0.5M solution) |
< 0.5%
|