Charles,
A handheld light of any kind isn't really suitable because you would have to
hold it over the slides for 15 to 60 minutes, according to which variant of the
von Kossa method you plan to use (see Lillie & Fullmer 1976 Histopathologic
Technic ... 4th ed. pp 539-541).
An anglepoise
Hi Charles,
I can't answer your question about UV light as I've never tried it except with
incandescent lights. However, I do know that you could use natural sunlight as
well to develop the silver color change.
I hope that helps,
Thanks
Debbie Siena, HT(ASCP)QIHC
Director of Scientific
Can anyone out there who performs Von Kossa staining provide me with any
guidelines or suggestions for the light source to use for the Silver
nitrate activation?
Is a standard handheld black light strong enough or does it need to be a UV
sanitizing strength light if using UV versus incandescent
