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What color is ethidium bromide?
Posted November 30, 2021
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Ethidium bromide (EtBr) is dark red in color. It has a UV absorbance maximum at 300 and 360 nm, and an emission maximum at 590 nm.
EtBr is available as a dark red, odorless, crystalline powder and is moderately soluble in water. It emits intense red-orange fluorescence at around 205 nm in wavelength.
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