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Zenker's fixative

 

Zenker's fixative

A rapid nuclear fixative used as a mordant in some staining procedures, containing corrosive mercuric chloride, potassium bichromate, sodium sulfate, glacial acetic acid, and water; the sodium sulfate is frequently omitted.

When glacial acetic acid has been replaced by formalin, it is called formol-Zenker fixative

See also Friedrich Albert von Zenker.


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