Chromatography Forum

Hello everybody,

I'm trying to figure out the cost of the techniques TLC and HPTLC. I've been working with them but I never had to bother with the cost of both. And I am mainly wondering which technique cheaper. Also I like to seperate those costs into two things:

• Purchase costs
• Maintenance / cost per time using the technique

I've been searching on the internet and in a few books for a week now but I can't seem to get a finger on it. Could someone give me a rough estimation of both techniques with a generally same protocol (or better, a standard protocol for that technique) and give the costs of this? I've searched on CAMAG (no prices) and sigma.com (need ID I can't access). Anything helping me making these estimations would be very nice.

Thanks in advance,

wptmdoorn