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osmium tetroxide
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osmium tetroxide
n.
A poisonous compound, OsO4, with a pungent smell, used in solution to stain and fix biological material, especially lipids. Also called osmic acid.

osmium tetroxide
n
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a yellowish poisonous water-soluble crystalline substance with a penetrating odour, used as a reagent and catalyst in organic synthesis. Formula: OsO4


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Gills were removed from one, washed in distilled water, postfixed in 1% OsO4 in water for 1 h, dehydrated in ethanol, series and embedded in Spurr resin.
American bioterror expert David Seigrist called OsO4 "very nasty".
4] vapor [25] using a copper grid designed for a transmission electron microscope (TEM) with a 74 [micro]m pitch for the mask; a sectional view of the OsO4 chamber is shown in Fig.
 
 
 
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