The advantage of using a starch based non-Newtonian fluid to prepare micro sections

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 175-178

  Schneider, Loïc ^a   Gärtner, Holger ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell parameters; Cornstarch; Preparation techniques; Sectioning; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; MAIZE; NEWTONIAN FLUID; STARCH; WAX; ALCOHOL; CYTOLOGY; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; SAMPLE PREPARATION; TREE RING; WATER; WOOD;

EID: 84881604431     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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