I have noted postings by Bob Richmond and others concerning nonflammable alternatives to hydrocarbon bath fluids for Histobaths. I work as a heat transfer Application Engineer in the division of 3M that manufactures the Novec line of fluids including the HFE-7100 that has been mentioned. I do not want my posting to be too commercial but it is true that this fluid and others of similar chemistry functions quite well in these applications and have also been used in tissue preservation applications. I am happy to provide more information off-line to any interested parties. Please do not hesitate to contact me at pet...@mmm.com.
Phil E. Tuma 3M Electronics Markets Materials Division 3M Center 236-2B-01 St. Paul, MN 55144 Tel: 651/737-9895 Fax: 651-736-4639 Mobile: 651-331-9927 _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
