What Is the Safest Approach to Working with
Acrylamide? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
What Are the Symptoms of Acrylamide Poisoning? . . . . . . 335
What Is the Medical Response to Accidental Acrylamide
Exposure? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
How Can You Dispose of Excess, Unusable Acrylamide? . . 335
What Is the Shelf Life of Acrylamide and Acrylamide
Solutions? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Electrical Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
What Are the Requirements for a Safe Work Area? . . . . . . 336
What Are the Requirements for Safe Equipment in Good
Working Order? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Polyacrylamide (PAGE) Gels—Before Selecting a Gel:
Getting the Best Results for Your Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
What Is the Mechanism of Acrylamide Polymerization? . . . 338
What Other Crosslinkers Are Available, and When
Should They Be Used? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
How Do You Control Pore Size? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
How Do You Calculate %T and %C? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
