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SEAS: Student Experiments At Sea

Scientist spotlight slideshow

Mussels under the microscope

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Several yellow dehydration cassettes lying in a beaker containing (clear) ethanol

The dehydration cassettes are soaked in a series of baths (ethanol, Citrosolve and then liquid paraffin) to remove water from the tissue. This particular bath contains ethanol.