SCHULZE'S MACERATION FLUID
\ʃˈʌlzz mˌasəɹˈe͡ɪʃən flˈuːɪd], \ʃˈʌlzz mˌasəɹˈeɪʃən flˈuːɪd], \ʃ_ˈʌ_l_z_z m_ˌa_s_ə_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n f_l_ˈuː_ɪ_d]\
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A reagent, consisting of potassium chlorate dissolved to saturation in strong nitric acid, used in disintegrating vegetable tissues. It is useful in isolating cells in vegetable tissues, as it dissolves the middle lamella more rapidly than the rest of the cell wall. When thin sections of suberose tissue are boiled in it, the cells finally swell up and their walls liquefy, forming ceric acid.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
