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Table 3
Composition of selected mounting media.
| Mounting medium | Solvent | Potential pre-polymer(s) or polymer | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoyer = chloral gum | Glycerol, water | Compounds of gum arabic | Macerating agent: chloral hydrate |
| CMCP-9 (= carboxy methyl cellulose phenol) | Water (CMCP-9: 51−60%) | Fully hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol (CMCP-9: 0−5%) | CMC(P)-9: low viscosity: high viscosity |
| DMHF (dimethyl hydantoin formaldehyde) | Water | N,N′-dimethylol dimethyl hydantoin (di-methylol DMH) | |
| Ether-/methylene-bridged oligomers | |||
| Crosslinked DMH–formaldehyde polymer network | |||
| Canada balsam | Xylene; partly volatile components of balsam (Δ³-carene, levopimaric acid, limonene, myrcene, palustric acid, β-phellandrene, α- pinene, β-pinene) | balsam (abienol, abietic acid, isopimaric acid, sandaracopimaric acid) | Neutralization: potassium carbonate; resin from Abies balsamea (Linné, 1758) |
| Euparal® | Eucalyptol, paraldehyde; partly volatile components of gum sandarac (limonene, α-pinene, β-pinene) | compounds of gum sandarac (communic acid, manool, polycommunic acid, sandaracopimaric acid, 12-acetoxy-sandaracopimaric acid, sugiol, torulosic acid, torulosol, totarol) | Clearing agent: methyl salicylate; color in Euparal® green: copper salt (copper abietinate); sandarac resin from Tetraclinis articulata (Vahl, 1791) |
| Enecê | Ethyl alcohol; with camphor, eucalyptol and turpentine essence | Compounds of copal gum and colophony (rosin) |
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