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How to work out the paraffin retention properties of microscope slides?

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How to work out the paraffin retention properties of microscope slides?
« on: 27/03/2021 00:45:41 »
Does anyone know what experiment I could do to see how different types of microscope slide hold on to paraffin wax?
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Re: How to work out the paraffin retention properties of microscope slides?
« Reply #1 on: 27/03/2021 06:26:02 »
Centrifuge them at different speeds?
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Re: How to work out the paraffin retention properties of microscope slides?
« Reply #2 on: 27/03/2021 12:53:45 »
You could "glue" two slides together with the wax and see how easy it is to pull them apart.
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