Dipping of TLC Plates

The following Section on the dipping of TLC plates was written at the same time as 

Section 6.3.1.1 on manual spraying. There may be some discrepancies between these 

Sections and the discussion on fuUy automatic spraying in Section 6.3.1.2, which was 

The process of dipping TLC plates in suitable reagent solutions is being used increasingly for the following reasons [103]  

Equipment for dipping TLC plates can be obtained in various forms. Until recently, dipping chambers suitable for manual dipping of 10 x 10 cm, 20 x 10 cm and 20 x 20 cm plates were often used. However, instructions in personal terms such as brisk , rapid or careful dipping cannot usually be exactly duplicated by another 

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