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The use of vinyl polysiloxanes and quick setting epoxies in paleontology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2016

Patrick Leiggi
Patrick Leiggi*
Affiliation:
Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University, Bozeman 59717
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Extract

Quick setting dental impression materials are nothing new in the paleontology laboratory. In a paleontological note published in the Journal of Paleontology on “The Use of Dental Impression Material For Molding Macrofossils” (Quilty & Williams, 1975), the products Xantopren and Optosil were introduced as a simple and fast method of obtaining precision molds in 1-3 minutes. Since the mid-1970's these products have been replaced by vinyl polysiloxanes.

Type
Paleontological Notes
Information
Journal of Paleontology , Volume 63 , Issue 2 , March 1989 , pp. 256
Copyright
Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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References

Quilty, P. G., and Williams, A. J. 1975. The use of dental impression material for molding macrofossils. Journal of Paleontology, 49:767.Google Scholar