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IN view of the many disadvantages of paraffin wax as an embedding medium, a search was made among natural and synthetic fatty acid esters for a more suitable material. No single substance was found which had all the necessary requirements, but a mixture was finally produced using diethylene glycol distearate as the main ingredient. A complete account of this work will be published elsewhere.
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STEEDMAN, H. Ester Wax: A New Embedding Medium. Nature 156, 121–122 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156121a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/156121a0