This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A new, rapid, non-destructive technique for the preparation of pollen is described, in which dissected anthers are fixed with osmium tetroxide ...

Annals of Botany, Vol. 42, No. 177 (1978), pp. 15-21 (14 pages) Root tissues of Isoetes muricata Dur. were fixed in glutaraldehyde and postfixed in osmium tetroxide for electron microscopy. Very young ...

Osmium tetroxide is a rare and expensive toxic chemical used as a staining agent for biological samples examined under electron microscopes. At room temperature, osmium tetroxide sublimates (turns ...

MOST of the information on the fine structure of biological tissues as revealed through electron microscopy has been gained from sections of material fixed with buffered osmium tetroxide, dehydrated ...

Atomic Number: 76 Atomic Symbol: Os Atomic Weight: 190.23 Melting Point: 5,491.4 F (3,033 C) Boiling Point: 9,053.6 F (5,012 C) Word origin: Osmium comes from the Greek term osme, which means smell, ...