Xylol-Thanks
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From: | "P. Emry" <emry@u.washington.edu> (by way of histonet) |
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Thanks all for your clarifications and for all the help you given me over
the years.
Happy 2k!
Trisha
U of Washington, Seattle
On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, J. A. Kiernan wrote:
>
> Thanks P. Emry for your loud shout for histo-literacy!
> We need more like you!
>
> As you know full well, there isn't a compound called xylol. That
> execrable and meaningless word crept into histo-speak about 100
> years ago, along with several other pseudo-chemical names of
> organic solvents.
>
> The correct designation is XYLENES (mixed isomers). This is a liquid
> miscible with absolute alcohol and with melted paraffin wax. Xylenes
> are also miscible with traditional resinous mounting media.
>
> John A. Kiernan,
> Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology,
> The University of Western Ontario,
> LONDON, Canada N6A 5C1
> E-mail: kiernan@uwo.ca
>
>
>
>
Trisha
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