A substance used to mount photographs, microscope specimens, etc.
（裱贴照片）胶粘剂；（显微镜标本）包埋剂
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Larger specimens should be washed in water before mounting and then introduced to a small drop of the aqueous mountant before transfer to the slide for mounting.
Sections were soaked in these solutions at room temperature for 10 minutes and then rinsed in water before being mounted on microscope slides using a glycerol/gelatin mountant.
If bubbles remain, a common complaint, place the slide for a short time on the hot plate, melting the mountant, and then the coverslip can be carefully removed and placed in distilled water to remove excess mountant.
Larval cuticles were prepared in Hoyer's mountant as described by VAN DER MEER 1977.
After dehydration through graded alcohol and clearing with xylene, slides were mounted with DPX permanent mountant.
For optical transparency, the filters are best mounted between two glass plates with a suitable mountant.
Origin
Late 19th century: from mount1, on the pattern of French montant 'mounting'.