What Is Dpx Mounting Medium

Simply, DPX is a mounting medium. Mounting medium is used to attach a coverslip to a microscope slide to protect the tissue during microscopy and storage. … Though applied in liquid form, DPX forms a hard adhesive film between slide and coverslip once dry.

What is DPX mounting media?

DPX Mountant for histology is a mixture of distyrene, a plasticizer, and xylene used as a synthetic resin mounting media, that replaces xylene-balsam. DPX Mountant dries quickly and preserves stain. DPX Mountant is suitable for HE- (Hematoxylin-Eosin) and Masson-Goldner staining.

How do you mount a slide with DPX?

  1. Dehydrate samples for mounting in DPX by passing them through graded alcohols. …
  2. Add a small drop of DPX to the specimen. …
  3. Remove any excess mount with a paper towel.
  4. DPX will set almost immediately and the samples can then be observed or photographed.
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