title: A device for the reproducible spreading of cryoultramicrotome sections.
abstract: A device has been designed and constructed to electrically heat frozen sucrose solution droplets within the cryochamber of a cryomicrotome. This ensures that the solution liquefies to spread the sections before they melt and collapse, and allows many more sections to be cut continuously.
mesh_terms: D006358:Hot Temperature; D008867:Microtomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010944:Plants / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000295:instrumentation*