Loris Medici wrote:
>
> Hi Maria, if you meant "what preservative I can use other than formaline in
> gum arabic" then my answer would be: I know they use mercuric chloride (they
> is: ready-made gum arabic solution manufacturers). But I remember reading in
> the list archives that they're people using thymol (was it .25% of total
> solution?) which is probably much more safer than using something that
> contains mercury.
>
> Hope that I understood your question right.
>
Reading this and then Maria's original question again, I think I misread
her question. I thought she wanted another hardener besides
glutaraldehyde to try against the formalin for hardening. Sorry for
mistake,
kt
Received on Sat Apr 9 15:48:04 2005
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