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THE PRESERVATION PROCESS
Know as polymer impregnation or plastination, this method replaces the body´s water and fat with reactive plastics - producing a solid, durable, odorless specimen that remains anatomically identical, down to the finest tissue structure, indefinitely.
Fixation
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The body is embalmed, typically in a formalhyde solution, halting descomposition.
Dehydration
After dissection, the specimen is bathed in acetone which, under freezing conditions, draws out all water and replaces it inside the cells.
Hardening
The plastic is cured with gas, heat, or UV light — fixing the specimen, or "plastinate," in its final form.
Forced Impregnation
In a vacuum bath of liquid polymer, the acetone vaporizes and boils out — drawing liquid plastic in behind it to fill the cell.
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