What Is Zenkers Fluid

: a fixing fluid used in histological technique that is composed of potassium dichromate, mercuric chloride, sodium sulfate, glacial acetic acid, and water.

How do you make Zenker's solution?

Zenker is usually made with 50g of mercuric chloride, 25g of potassium dichromate, 10g of sodium sulfate (decahydrate) and distilled water to complete 1000 ml. Before use, 5 ml glacial acetic acid is added to 100 ml of the solution. Both the stock solution and the complete Zenker fixative are stable for many years.

What is Microanatomical fixative?

The Micro anatomical fixatives aim at accurately preserving the relationship of tissue layer and large cell aggregation. These fixatives are used for routine work of normal and histopathological study. For example, buffered formalin, Zenker’s fluid, Bouin’s fluid etc.