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Preserving Snow Crystals

Preserving Snow Crystals

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·November 29, 2025
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pfdietz

Just yesterday I was watching a video from someone trying to make Formvar. It can make very thin layers that are transparent to electrons in an electron microscope. He needed to make 1,4-dioxane first, the solvent needed in its synthesis and apparently difficult to obtain from suppliers.

reader9274

"Leave the slide outside or in your freezer for a week or two until the glue hardens."

A week or two? That's a huge margin there