Xylene is used in Giemsa cell staining protocols. Xylene is used as a solvent in pharmaceutical, printing, rubber, and leather industries. It is an important component of ink, rubber and adhesives as well as in thinning paints and varnishes. It is used in the laboratory to make baths with dry ice…

Formula: C₆H₄(CH₃)₂ Formula Weight: 106.17 CAS Number: 1330-20-7 Description: For Histological Use

Xylenes are aromatic hydrocarbons. Xylene is used as a solvent. It is used in the laboratory to make baths with dry ice to cool reaction vessels, and as a solvent to remove synthetic immersion oil from the microscope objective in light microscopy.