Old Parformaldehyde

Michael J. Herron (herro001@maroon.tc.umn.edu)
Thu, 2 Nov 95 06:48:56 -0600

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I have read the warnings to only use "fresh" parformaldehyde for fixation, but I
don't recall ever hearing why.

Could someone explain the sorts of artifacts that old paraformaldehyde will
introduce? And what exactly IS old?

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