11. Due to its excellent fixative properties, vetiver is used widely in perfumes. 12. Modern embalming is not done with a single fixative . 13. It is used as a fixative in perfumes and has an intense fragrance. 14. Also the formaldehyde vapor can be used as a fixative for cell smears. 15. The most common precipitating fixatives are ethanol and methanol. 16. Abrasive supports avoid or minimize the need to apply further fixative in this way. 17. The most common fixative is formalin, although frozen section fixing is also common. 18. The fixative is mixed properly and taken into a centrifuge tube and is centrifuged. 19. Common fixatives include formaldehyde, ethanol, methanol, and / or picric acid. 20. Paraformaldehyde is not a fixative ; it must be depolymerized to formaldehyde in solution.
