Why alcohol is added to formalin? How does it destroy micro-organism?
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Milani Ali
Alcohol prevents the oxidation and polymerization of formaldehyde which might have caused fire or explosion. Formalin doesn’t kill bacteria by necrosis rather by dehydration. As a result, the cell sap of the bacteria starts clotting.