Formaldehyde is the concentrated form and formalin the diluted form of formaldehyde.
Beatrice DeBrosse-Serra HT(ASCP)QIHC Isis Pharmaceuticals Antisense Drug Discovery 1896 Rutherford Road Carlsbad, CA 92008 760-603-2371 -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of joelle weaver Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 9:55 AM To: sbree...@nmda.nmsu.edu; gudrun.eriks...@stolav.no; Histonet Subject: RE: [Histonet] Difference between Neutral Buffered Formalin 10% andNBformaldehyde 3.7 to 4% I like this article's discussion of the history of usuage and terminology: citation Fox, C., Johnson, F., Whiting, J., and Roller, P. Formaldehyde Fixation, The Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, Vol. 33, No.8, pp. 845-853, 1985. Joelle Weaver MAOM, BA, (HTL) ASCP > Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 08:56:55 -0600 > From: sbree...@nmda.nmsu.edu > To: gudrun.eriks...@stolav.no; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Subject: RE: [Histonet] Difference between Neutral Buffered Formalin 10% > andNBformaldehyde 3.7 to 4% > CC: > > Now, wait just a minute! Don't tell me that after 40+ years of being a > histotech that I've been WRONG all this time??? FORMALDEHYDE is > FORMALDEHYDE is FORMALDEHYDE. FORMALIN is the diluted form of > FORMALDEHYDE, buffered and used at (usually) 10%. If I'm wrong, this > will be my last day at work... :) > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet