Adding Cryoprotectants and Soaking Ingredients

When harvesting your crystals, you can add cryoprotectants and soaking ingredients.

Adding Cryoprotectants

To add cryoprotectants:

  1. In the Harvesting panel, go to the Cryoprotectant tab. Then, click the Add button add to add a new row.

    Cryoprotectant Tab

    Cryoprotectant Tab

  2. Complete the fields by entering:

    • Ingredient name in the Ingredient field.

    • Ingredient concentration in the Conc. field.

    • Ingredient concentration unit in the Unit dropdown.

    • Ingredient pH in the pH field.

    • Protocol (personal note) in the Protocol field.

  3. If everything is set, click check on the top of the tab.

Use the buttons on the top right corner of the Cryoprotectant tab to assist you.

  • Add Well Ingredient add_well_ing to use the crystal’s well ingredients as the cryoprotectant.

  • Edit edit to modify a cryoprotectant.

  • Delete delete to delete a cryoprotectant(s) from ROCK MAKER.

  • Discard discard to cancel changes.

Note

You cannot edit or delete a cryoprotectant if the ingredient(s) is used in the crystal cart.

Buttons in Cryoprotectant Tab

Buttons in Cryoprotectant Tab

You can then assign the cryoprotectants to your crystal.

Adding Soaking Ingredients

To add a soaking ingredient:

  1. In the Harvesting panel, go to the Soaking tab. Then, click the Add button add to add a new row.

    Soaking Tab

    Soaking Tab

  2. Complete the fields by entering:

    • Ingredient name in the Ingredient field.

    • Ingredient concentration in the Conc. field.

    • Ingredient concentration unit in the Unit dropdown next to the Conc. field.

    • Soaking duration in the Time field.

    • Duration unit in the Unit dropdown next to the Time field.

    • OPTIONAL: A note in the Text Info column.

  3. If everything is set, click check on the top of the tab.

Use the buttons on the top right corner of the Soaking tab to assist you.

  • Edit edit to modify a soaking.

  • Delete delete to delete a soaking(s) from ROCK MAKER.

  • Discard discard to cancel changes.

Note

You cannot edit or delete a soaking if the ingredient(s) is used in the crystal cart.

Buttons in Soaking Tab

Buttons in Soaking Tab

You can then assign the soaking to your crystal.

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