Low melting paraffin/Ralwax

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From:gfenn@emindustries.com
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Date:Thu, 30 Sep 1999 06:59:55 -0400
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Ralwax 1 pastillated,  congealing point 55-58 deg C
Is sold by BDH catalogue number 36154 7N  and is distributed in Canada by VWR
1-800-932-5000

with catalogue number B36154-46

Gordon Fenn
BDH/EM Science  Toronto, Canada.

gfenn@bdhinc.com




RUSS ALLISON <Allison@cardiff.ac.uk> on 09/29/99 11:44:33 AM

To:   HistoNet <HistoNet@pathology.swmed.edu>, Brown Alexander
      <AlexB@nayrshire.scot.nhs.uk>
cc:    (bcc: Gordon Fenn/BDH/EMI/Merck)
Subject:  RE: Low melting paraffin



Ralwax1 was and is manufactured by Raymond A Lamb.  It is
commonly available paraffin wax compounded with "high molecular
weight plastic c-polymers, which impart toughness and fleibility to
the wax".  It is the only histological wax I have found that has a
noticeably different crystalline structure.
It can be particularly useful as a support medium for very hard
and/or tough tissue.  It is not a panacea for cutting bone, fibrous
uterii and other swear-word inducing tissues.  A sharp blade is still
the prime requirement.  But Ralwax IS different.
Cannot remember their US agent at the moment, but it will come
back to me (I hope to heaven it does!)
Russ Allison,
Dental School
Cardiff
Wales










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