Oh dear. Yes they are the same. Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 5, 2011, at 4:03 PM, Jenny Vega <histotech...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ok I want to know the diferrence between Neutral Buffered Formalin 10% and > NB formaldehyde 3.7 to 4% . I was taugh at college that they were the same > thing and in the book from Frieda Carson it says that but my supervisor > swears they are different chemicals. In the laboratory she has used 10% > neutral buffered formalin all the time, but when we ran out of it we were > sent NB formaldehyde 3.7 to 4 %she sent it back and we were sent NB > formaldehyde 3.7 to 4% once again. She says that 10% NBF is more > concentrated and pure than 3.7 to 4 % formaldehyde and that the tissues are > going to putrefied if they are put in that solution. > > Am I wrong or is she wrong? thanks > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet