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Some reminiscences of the history of electrophoresis
Author(s) -
Rilbe Harry
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
electrophoresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.666
H-Index - 158
eISSN - 1522-2683
pISSN - 0173-0835
DOI - 10.1002/elps.11501601223
Subject(s) - electrophoresis , chromatography , chemistry
Dole's and Longsworth's solution of the whole set of moving boundary equations by using the dimensionless transference numbers is reviewed. Longsworth's teachings on the nature of transference numbers and his pondering over transference numbers of proteins led the author to inquire why transference numbers of ampholytes were never measured. Logical reasoning on this subject led to the invention of isolectric focusing.