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Old 04-26-2012, 12:32 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by Todd@Autopia View Post
From a percentage standpoint yes. But when discussing dilution rations 1:10 means dilute 10 parts of x with 1 part of y.

10:1 doesn't mean 100 percent/10 percent, it means 10 parts + 1 part. In terms of percentages it would be more like 90.91 percent/9.01 percent.

Dilluting something 10:1 gives it a dilution of 90.91:9.01.
OK. I give up. I just know that when I had to do serial dilutions on my cells it was 9 parts KK2 buffer and 1 parts cells. But I 'm honestly starting to get confused.
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