I am editing a manuscript on botany where it is stated that plant samples are fixed in paraffin, sectioned, stained, and then pressurized with optics balata. I cannot find this term in a Google search and botany is not my field. Can anyone enlighten me as to whether this is a valid term? Or is there something more common to suggest as a replacement?
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I think balata is some product to enhance brightness in microscope lens (optical balata, balata, or another expression more technical). See these references below.
Rubber Soul – The Investigation of Rubber by Vibrational Spectroscopy
Master of Science Program in Polymer Science of the
Freie Universit¨at Berlin, Humboldt Universit¨at zu Berlin,
Technische Universit¨at Berlin and Universit¨at Potsdam
Submitted by Katharina Sophia Haider
https://www.rkk.ar.tum.de/fileadmin/w00ble/www/media_rkk/downloads/Publikationen/Haider_MA-Thesis_RubberSoul_TU_Berlin.pdf
Lovering EG. Transcrystallinity and x-ray diffraction in trans-1,4-polyisoprene. J Polym Sci A-2 Polym Phys [Internet]. Wiley-Blackwell; 1970 Oct;8(10):1697–701.
Abstract:Middle range fractions of mimusops balata, a natural trans-1,4-polyisoprene, exhibit transcrystallinity when crystallized in the 35–40°C range. The presence of transcrystallinity was established by x-ray diffraction and optical microscopy. Diffraction peak intensities change due to transcrystallinity, suggesting x-rays be used to detect transcrystallinity and that caution be exercised in using x-ray diffraction techniques to determine the phases present in bulk material and in calculating the degree of crystallinity. The tendency toward transcrystallinity may depend upon molecular weight. DOI: 10.1002/pol.1970.160081006
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Jose Macedo
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