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Comparative Study Between Using Acetone And Absolute Alcohol For Dehydration In Plastination Procedure, Kongkiat Srisuwatanasagul, Sayamon Srisuwatanasagul, Adisorn Adirekthaworn, Damri Darawiroj
Comparative Study Between Using Acetone And Absolute Alcohol For Dehydration In Plastination Procedure, Kongkiat Srisuwatanasagul, Sayamon Srisuwatanasagul, Adisorn Adirekthaworn, Damri Darawiroj
The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine
In order to develop the most practical plastination specimens used for anatomical study, the aim of the present study was to compare between using acetone and absolute alcohol for dehydration in plastination procedure. Ten pig heart specimens were used in the present study and plastination procedure was processed by using acetone (group 1) or absolute alcohol (group 2) for dehydration. The results showed that dehydration by acetone resulted in more natural color with no shrinkage of the heart specimens while dehydration by alcohol caused darker color and more shrinkage. However, the advantage of using alcohol was that it gave the …
Comparative Study Of Temperatures Used In Silicone Impregnation Of Porcine Hearts Plastination, Damri Darawiroj, Adisorn Adirekthaworn, Sayamon Srisuwattanasakul, Kongkiat Srisuwattanasakul
Comparative Study Of Temperatures Used In Silicone Impregnation Of Porcine Hearts Plastination, Damri Darawiroj, Adisorn Adirekthaworn, Sayamon Srisuwattanasakul, Kongkiat Srisuwattanasakul
The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine
Forced impregnation process is normally performed under vacuum at freezing temperature which requires expensive plastination apparatus. To reduce the cost in the plastination process, forced impregnation of porcine hearts under two different environments, which are at the freezing temperature (-20oC) and at room temperature (22-25oC), was compared. Twelve porcine hearts were collected from a slaughter house, and divided into the groups, six in each, and subjected to be plastinated by S10 standard technique at the two temperatures. Although the forced impregnation at room temperature, also the curing process, was more time-consuming, all hearts from both groups produced satisfying plastinated specimens. …