[Histonet] Mineral Oil in Microwave Processing.

[joelle weaver]

It was part of the paraffin 




Joelle Weaver MAOM, HTL (ASCP) QIHC
 
> Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 07:05:38 -0800
> From: rjbuesa <@t> yahoo.com
> To: chesarato <@t> hotmail.com; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu; tmcampbell <@t> fmh.org
> Subject: RE: [Histonet] Mineral Oil in Microwave Processing.
> CC: 
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> Mineral oil per se CANNOT be used in a MW oven because mineral oil = paraffin of low mollecular weight and as such is "microwaves transparent" = it is a non polar substance and therefore cannot be "excited" (heated) by the microwaves.
> That is why the Sakura  Excel has 2 chambers: one to dehydrate using MW and the other "conventional" to clear and infiltrate using mineral oil and paraffin.
> René J.
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> On Mon, 2/17/14, Campbell, Tasha M. <tmcampbell <@t> fmh.org> wrote:
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>  Subject: RE: [Histonet] Mineral Oil in Microwave Processing.
>  To: "Cesar Francisco Romero" <chesarato <@t> hotmail.com>, histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>  Date: Monday, February 17, 2014, 7:09 AM
>  
>  I have never heard of using mineral
>  oil in microwave processing.  I only
>  use ethyl and isopropyl and paraffin.
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>  Tasha Campbell, B.S.,HTL(ASCP)
>  Frederick Gastroenterology Associates
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>  On Behalf Of Cesar
>  Francisco Romero
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>  Subject: [Histonet] Mineral Oil in Microwave Processing.
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>  Dear People from
>  Histonet
>  
>  
>  Do you still use
>  Mineral Oil in your Microwave Processing Protocol ?
>  
>  
>  Or you only use
>  ethyl alcohol ~ Isopropyl alcohol and Paraffin .
>  
>  
>  I will apreciate
>  any advice.
>  
>  
>  Thank you all
>  
>  
>  Cesar Romero
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>  
>  Buenos Aires
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>  Argentina
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