A procedure is described for the rapid preparation of a partial cyanogen bromide digest of horse heart cytochrome c. This digest serves as a calibration mixture for estimation of peptide molecular weight in the range 500 to 20,000 by exelusion chromatography in denaturing solvents. The elution profile of the calibration mixture from Sephadex G-50 equilibrated and developed with 10% formic acid is described by the relationship log M = 4.79 - 0.42 ( Vo Vo). © 1979.