I agree with Karl
From: Confocal Microscopy
List [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Carl Boswell
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 1:44 PM
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Subject: Re: Immersion Oil
The
stories are real, at least with respect to the miscibility of
different oils. While one might think that oil is oil, two different
immersion oils together can behave like oil and water. That is why I
insist that samples first viewed on some other microscope be scrupulously
cleaned of whatever oil was used before applying oil used with our Core
systems.
As
for the issue of one manufacture's oil eating away another manufacture's lens,
I'd consider the source of that information carefully. I also use
Cargille oil on multiple sytems and have no complaints.
C
Carl A. Boswell, Ph.D.
Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Arizona
520-954-7053
FAX 520-621-3709