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A Device For The Reproducible Spreading Of Cryoultramicrotome Sections
Author(s) -
Williamson Francis A.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of microscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2818
pISSN - 0022-2720
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1979.tb00207.x
Subject(s) - materials science , geology , mechanics , physics
SUMMARY A device has been designed and constructed to electrically heat frozen sucrose solution droplets within the cryochamber of a cryomicrotome. This ensures that the solution liquefies to spread the sections before they melt and collapse, and allows many more sections to be cut continuously.