Blotting papers	Blotting papers
Features
• Available in sheets up to size 580 x 600 mm • Smooth surface, ensuring high, uniform absorptivity • Different thicknesses, degrees of absorptivity, and resulting filtration speeds

	MN 218 B	MN 827 B	MN 440 B
Speed	Slow	Fast	Medium fast
Surface	Smooth	Smooth	Smooth
Weight	180 g/m2	270 g/m2	400 g/m2
Thickness	0.36 mm	0.7 mm	1 mm
Migration acc. to Klemm	55-65 mm/10 min	130-140 mm/10 min	130-145 mm/10 min
Correlation with Schleicher & Schüll	GB 002	GB 003	GB 004
Correlation with Whatman	3 MM Chr	/	17 Chr
Applications/Selection Guide
Procedure Application Recommended blotting paper Slot and dot blot to avoid direct contact between blotting membrane and porous cover plate of the lower part of the sucking device MN  827 B and MN 218 B Capillary transfer maintenance of liquid flow from buffer reservoir, application as layers of absorbing paper MN 827 B and MN 440 B Electroblotting procedures: Tank blot outer covering of the gel-blotting membrane sandwich in the blotting cassette MN 218 B Semi-dry blotting application as buffer reservoir, which is placed between plate electrode and gel, or between plate electrode and transfer membrane, resp. MN 827 B and MN 440 B Vacuum blotting to avoid direct contact between the blotting membrane and the porous vacuum chamber MN 218 B and MN 827 B