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KINYOUN'S SOLUTION
KINYOUN'S SOLUTION Basic information
- Product Name:
- KINYOUN'S SOLUTION
- Synonyms:
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- AFB STAIN
- KINYOUN'S CARBOL-FUCHSIN
- KINYOUN'S SOLUTION
- FUCHSIN, CARBOL
- CARBOL-FUCHSIN ACCORDING TO KINYOUN
- CARBOL FUCHSIN SOLUTION, KINYOUN
- Carbol-Fuchsin solution according to Kinyoun
- MF:
- C21H21N3
- MW:
- 315.41
- Mol File:
- Mol File
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KINYOUN'S SOLUTION Chemical Properties
- Density
- 0.99 g/mL at 20 °C
- Flash point:
- 43 °C
- storage temp.
- room temp
- form
- liquid
- color
- red to very dark red
- ε(extinction coefficient)
- 77 at 546nm in 50% ethanol
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Safety Information
- Hazard Codes
- C
- Risk Statements
- 10-20/21/22-34-40-68
- Safety Statements
- 26-36/37/39-45
- RIDADR
- UN 2924 3/PG 3
- WGK Germany
- 3
- F
- 8
MSDS
- Language:English Provider:SigmaAldrich
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KINYOUN'S SOLUTION Usage And Synthesis
Uses
- Kinyoun's carbol-fuchsin is intended for use to stain paraffin sections of a formaldehyde-fixed specimen containing tubercle bacilli, and for the demonstration of tuberculosis bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis).
- It is also applicable for other organisms th at retain the dye after immersion in acidified 70% alcohol.
- It has been used to develop a staining technique for detecting microsporidial spores in fecal specimens.