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Offline Nescafe

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Hydrophobic v.s. solvophobic effect?
« on: October 25, 2012, 02:14:22 PM »
Hi,

What? I read about these two and they seem to be the same thing yet they are not?

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Re: Hydrophobic v.s. solvophobic effect?
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2012, 12:56:29 PM »
I am unfamiliar with this term.  However, a high concentration of glycerol stabilizes some proteins by preferential exclusion.  Could this be the same thing?

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