Appearance: Clear water white liquid
CAS # 50-00-0 (for formaldehyde)
EINECS/ELINCS: 200-001-8 (for formaldehyde)
SPI Supplies offers the SPI-Chem brand of formalin, neutral, 10% in
phosphate buffer, per the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington,
DC (AFIP) Manual of Histology. Filtered and ready to use.
Removal of formalin from tissue:
This can be done using a critical point dryer, for the removal of formalin from tissue for subsequent DNA extraction. See
"Formalin Removal from Archival Tissue by Critical Point Drying" by Sheng-Guo Fang, Qiu-Hong Wan, and N. Fujihara
BioTechniques Vol. 33, No. 3: 604-611 (2002)
pH: 6.9 to 7.1 at 25°C (77° F)
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