SiliaPlate (TLC Plates)
SiliaPlate (TLC Plates) from Silicycle
SiliaPlate represents an efficient and economical alternative to other TLC plate manufacturers while demonstrating high separation power, which is due to our narrow particle size distribution silica gel.
The extraordinary silica layer hardness combined to a homogeneous coating and layer thickness allows excellent separation. Each TLC batch is chemically and physically controlled by our Quality Control department to ensure lot-to-lot and layer-to-layer reproducibility.
All our plates bear an F254 UV indicator for direct visualization, but all can be available with no UV indicator.
A long-wavelength (F366) UV indicator is also available.
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- Features
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- Rapid and cost-efficient
- Affordable
- Selection and optimization of chromatographic conditions prior to flash chromatography purification or HPLC analysis
- Small quantity of compound required
- High sample throughput capability (up to 20 samples simultaneously)
- Specifications
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Types of SiliaPlate Backings
Material Advantages Limitations Glass - High heating stability
- High chemical resistance
- Transparent
- Thick
- High fragility
- Impossible scissor cutting
- Cannot be stored in lab notebook
- High weight
Aluminium - Thin
- Low weight
- High heating stability
- Low fragility
- Easy scissor cutting
- Can be stored in lab notebook
- Low chemical resistance
- Opaque
Plastic - Thin
- Low fragility
- Possible scissor cutting
- High chemical resistance
- Can be stored in lab notebook
- Opaque
- Medium weight
- Heating stability up to 175 °C
Plate Types
SiliCycle offers different types of plates for thin layer chromatography applications: classical TLC, high performance TLC (also called HPTLC) and preparative TLC (PLC). The plate types are selected based on the type of analysis required and the available budget.
Properties Classical TLC HPTLC Preparative PLC Application Quick, inexpensive, flexible and portable separations Highly sophisticated separation problems, complex samples Purification on a TLC plate Analysis Qualitative Qualitative & Quantitative Quantitative Detection UV Stains Instrumented analysis (use of scanners for detection) UV Distribution
[Mean Particle Size]5 - 20 µm
[10 - 12 µm]4 - 8 µm
[5 - 6 µm]5 - 40 µm
[25 µm]Layer Thickness 250 µm 200 µm 0.5 mm, 1 mm, 2 mm Typical Sample Volume 1 – 5 µL 0.1 – 0.5 µL 5 – 20 µL - Literature