10% FORMAL SALINE
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10% FORMAL SALINE
- Wear appropriate protective clothing eg. laboratory coat, gloves and goggles.
- Weigh out 900g of sodium chloride and dissolve in warm water.
- Unscrew cap on porthole of formalin mixing tank (beneath cut-up bench). Place a funnel in the front porthole of the formalin mixing tank and pour sodium chloride solution into the main tank. Replace screw cap on porthole.
- Using the sealed pump attached to the formalin mixing tank , add 10 litres of formaldehyde to the main mixing tank.
- Turn on the mains water tap (adjacent to the tank) and fill the formalin mixing tank to the 100 litre mark, using the line on the tank wall.
- When mixed , using the sealed pump attached to the formalin mixing tank, pump 50 litres into the top tank where the solution is ready for use.
- 10% formal-saline solution can be dispensed from the tap with the red knob on the cut-up bench.
NB: See protocol on formaldehyde safety and COSHH form for formaldehyde for the hazards associated with this chemical.
100 litres of 10% Formal Calcium
- 900g sodium chloride
- 10L formaldehyde
- 90L water
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