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Functionally, tween 20 is a detergent. This chemical is used in a variety of buffers and other reagents that are commonplace in a laboratory. Tween 20 helps maintain pH and is used to wash nitrocellulose or PVDF membrane during the western blotting process. It is height unlikely the substance would be used as a sterilizing agent

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