BSISO8036:2015 BSI Standards Publication Microscopes Immersion liquids for light microscopy bsi. ..making excellence a habit. BSISO8036:2015 BRITISHSTANDARD National foreword ThisBritishStandard istheUKimplementationofIS08036:2015. It supersedes BS ISO 8036:2006 which is withdrawn. The UKparticipation in itspreparationwas entrusted toTechnical CommitteeCPW/172,OpticsandPhotonics. A list of organizations represented on this committee canbe obtained on request to its secretary. This publicationdoes notpurportto includeall thenecessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. TheBritishStandards Institution2015. Published byBSIStandards Limited2015 ISBN9780580882951 ICS 37.020 CompliancewithaBritishStandardcannotconferimmunityfrom legal obligations. This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards PolicyandStrategyCommitteeon30June2015. Amendments/corrigenda issued since publication Date Textaffected ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 8036 Second edition 2015-06-01 MicroscopesImmersionliquidsfor light microscopy Microscopes-Liquidesd'immersionpourmicroscopieoptique Referencenumber ISO8036:2015(E) iso ISO2015 BSISO8036:2015 IS08036:2015(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT IS02015,Published inSwitzerland copy: All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior writtenpermission.PermissioncanberequestedfromeitherIsOattheaddressbeloworIso'smemberbodyinthecountryof nsed the requester. ISO copyrightoffice icel Ch.de Blandonnet 8·CP 401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel. +4122749 0111 Fax +4122 749 09 47 [email protected] www.iso.org ii IS02015-All rights reserved BSISO8036:2015 IS08036:2015(E) Contents Page Foreword .iv 1 Scope 1 2 Normativereferences 1 3 Classification ..1 4 Characteristicsofimmersion liquids .1 4.1 Opticalproperties. 1 4.2 Transmittance. 2 4.3 Autofluorescence. 2 4.4 Viscosity 2 2 4.5 Density 5 Minimumrequirements .3 .3 6 Ingredients 7 Designation ofimmersionliquids .3 8 Labelling of containers. .3 9 Technical data sheet 4 @ IS0 2015 -All rights reserved ili BSISO8036:2015 IS08036:2015(E) 1/05/2016 Foreword Iso (the InternationalOrganizationforStandardization)isaworldwidefederationofnationalstandards bodies (iso member bodies).The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out throughIso technical committees.Each memberbody interested ina subjectfor whichatechnical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee.International as organizations,governmental and non-governmental,in liaisonwithIso,alsotakepart in thework. ISO collaborates closelywith theInternationalElectrotechnical Commission (IEC)onall matters of electrotechnical standardization. The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are described intheISO/IEC Directives,Part 1.In particular the differentapproval criteria neededfor the JO different types of IsOdocuments shouldbe noted.This documentwas drafted in accordancewith the editorial rulesoftheISo/IEcDirectives,Part2 (seewww.iso.org/directives) Attention isdrawntothepossibilitythat someoftheelements of thisdocumentmaybethesubject of ie patentrights.IsO shall notbeheld responsiblefor identifyinganyor allsuchpatent rights.Details ofany patent rights identified during thedevelopment of thedocument will be in theIntroductionand/or on theIsolistofpatentdeclarationsreceived (seewww.iso.org/patents). stel Any tradenameused in this document is informationgivenfor the convenienceofusers and doesnot constituteanendorsement. Foranexplanation onthemeaningof Isospecific termsand expressionsrelated toconformity assessment,aswellasinformationaboutIsO'sadherencetotheWTOprinciplesintheTechnical Barriers to Trade (TBT), see the following URL:ForewordSupplementary information