Hi,
I make up 3 liters of formic acid and 3 liters of Sodium Formate at a time
because it is easier to handle and store.  You probably know you only put
them together in equal parts when you put them on a specimen.
The formate takes a bit of stirring to desolve.  I make them up in used
ETOH jugs.

Sodium Formate 204.6g in 3 liters of water.
Formic Acid  1050 Formic and 1950 of water.

I am going to start to use EDTA on my specimens for
IHC.  I just got a free sample and will test it on larger specimens..pig
parts.  I imagine it will take a while.  I may ask for some advice.

Hope this helps.

Trisha


On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Harvey, Jennifer wrote:

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> > From: 	Harvey, Jennifer
> > Sent: 	Tuesday, December 4, 2001 4:21 PM
> > To: 	'Histonet'
> > Subject: 	Buffered Formic Acid Decal Recipe
> >
> > Histonet,
> >
> > I am looking for a buffered formic acid decal recipe to decal mouse bones
> > that we are going to do immuno on. We usually use EDTA but this project we
> > don't have the time.
> >
> > Any help would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Jennifer Harvey
> >
> > PS Sorry if you got this 2 times but I havent seen it come across histonet
> > yet.
> >
> >
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