There  is no such thing as 4% paraformaldehyde. Nobody can sell or
   us=  e  such  a  non-substance!
See Histonet archives passim ad
   nauseam.=     (That's  how  the  ancient  Romans
   said,  in  3  words,=  "on  and on, until you want to
   vomit".   Latin   is   concise=   !)
 
4%
   formaldehyde is a real solution, and = one of the ways of making the
   solution  is  to  heat  40 grammes of = paraformaldehyde in a
   litre  of  water,  with  an  alkaline  catalyst  to  sp=  eed up the
   hydrolysis.  Paraformaldehyde  exists only as a solid substan= ce,
   which  is  insoluble  in water.  All this has been in all    the textbooks and manuals for 40+ years.
   
 
Joh=  n  Kiernan
Anatomy, 
   UWO
London, Canada
= = = = = = 
-----
   Original   Message   -----
From:   =   Jackie   M  O'Connor
   <Jackie.O'Connor@abbott.com><=    BR>Date:
   Monday,  May  12,  2008 10:52
Subject: [Histo= net]
   4%  paraformaldehyde  all over again
To: Histonet <   Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu>,
   histonet-bounces@li   sts.utsouthwestern.edu

>  Will  vendors  who
   cont=  acted  me  off  line  regarding supplying vast 
>
   quantities  <=  BR>>  of  4%  paraformaldehyde contact me
   again,   please.   <=   BR>>  Thanks.
>
   
>    Jackie    O'Conn=    or
>   Abbott
   Labs
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