What oil do you use tiwht this? I have never used one and a teacher said that he needed oil with it?
anyone know how to use these things? HELP please
MICROTOME
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Lenore
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Re: MICROTOME
Hi Sunray
It depends what kind of microtome you have and what you want to cut. But if it is a handheld one and you are cutting something like plant stems you do not need oil.
Hope this helps.
It depends what kind of microtome you have and what you want to cut. But if it is a handheld one and you are cutting something like plant stems you do not need oil.
Hope this helps.
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Lyn
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Re: MICROTOME
If you have a hand held microtome the teacher probably requires paraffin wax to put the specimen in. Look for "hand-held microtome instructions" on internet. Southern Biological have a nice set of instructions to print out. Or maybe he requires oil to lubricate the assembly before using. In which case machine oil would do the job or WD-40 if the microtome is a little rusty.
Lyn.
Lyn.
