Editing Xylene (section)

===Laboratory use===
Xylene is used in the laboratory to make baths with dry ice to cool reaction vessels,<ref>{{cite web |title=Cooling baths |url=http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/Reference/Lab_Techniques/Cooling_baths |publisher=UC Davis Chem Wiki |access-date=8 February 2015 |date=2013-10-02 |archive-date=2015-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208042031/http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/Reference/Lab_Techniques/Cooling_baths |url-status=dead }}</ref> and as a [[solvent]] to remove synthetic [[immersion oil]] from the microscope [[objective (optics)|objective]] in [[optical microscope|light microscopy]].<ref>{{Citation |last = Cargille |first = John |title = Immersion Oil and the Microscope |journal = New York Microscopical Society Yearbook |orig-year = 1964 |year = 1985 |url = http://www.cargille.com/immersionoilmicroscope.shtml |access-date = 2011-03-10 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110911190610/http://www.cargille.com/immersionoilmicroscope.shtml |archive-date = 2011-09-11 |url-status = dead }}</ref> In [[histology]], xylene is the most widely used clearing agent.<ref>{{cite book |title=Histotechnology: A Self-Instructional Text |last1=Carson |first1=Freida |last2=Hladik |first2=Christa |edition=3 |year=2009 |publisher=[[American Society for Clinical Pathology]] Press |isbn=9780891895817 |page=35 }}</ref> Xylene is used to remove paraffin from dried microscope slides prior to staining. After staining, microscope slides are put in xylene prior to mounting with a coverslip.