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Improvements in epoxy resin embedding methods.

John H. Luft
- 01 Feb 1961 - 
- Vol. 9, Iss: 2, pp 409-414
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Epoxy embedding methods of Glauert and Kushida have been modified so as to yield rapid, reproducible, and convenientembedding methods for electron microscopy.
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Epoxy embedding methods of Glauert and Kushida have been modified so as to yield rapid, reproducible, and convenient embedding methods for electron microscopy. The sections are robust and tissue damage is less than with methacrylate embedding.

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Araldite as an Embedding Medium for Electron Microscopy

TL;DR: A mixture of araldite epoxy resins has been developed which is soluble in ethanol, and which yields a block of the required hardness for thin sectioning, which improves the preservation of the fine structure of a variety of specimens.
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A New Embedding Medium for Electron Microscopy

Glauert Am, +2 more
- 13 Oct 1956 - 
TL;DR: The introduction of n-butyl and methyl meth-acrylates as embedding media1 constituted an important development in the preparation of ultra-thin sections of biological material; but their use is attended by various major difficulties.
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Epoxy Resins in Electron Microscopy

TL;DR: A method of embedding biological specimens in araldite 502 (Ciba) has been developed for materials available in the United States, and has several features—low shrinkage and absence of specimen damage during cure, minimal compression of sections, relative absence of electron beam-induced section damage, etc.—which recommends it as a routine embedding material.
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