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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk43465280">We are currently working on a large project at the Australian Museum to transfer our entire mollusc collection out of formalin (in which it has been stored for historical reasons) and into ethanol for long term preservation.<o:p></o:p></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk43465280">We normally soak each specimen lot out in 3 changes of water in a fume hood with lids left off the containers/vials etc. to assist with degassing of the formaldehyde in solution. Our problem is a
bottleneck in our workflow due to limitations imposed by our fumehood work space. I am wondering whether others in the group have faced similar issues and whether soaking out can possibly be done in water but leaving the lids on the containers (hence could
be done on a lab bench after pouring off the formalin in the fume hood)? We don’t have a way to measure residual formalin after the soaking-out process so don’t know whether or not this will be effective.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk43465280">Any advice would be much appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk43465280">Mandy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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