Magnification
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- Created on: 14-03-13 18:56
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- Living organism consist of cells
- Magnification
- is the degree to which the size of an image is larger than the object itself.
- most light microscopes are capable of magnification Up to a maximum of x1500
- Resolution
- is the degree to which it is possible to distinguish between two objects which are close together.
- The maximum resolving power using light is 200nm
- The light microscope
- uses a number of lenses to produce an image that can be viewed directly
- light passes from a bulb under the stage through the lens and on the specimen
- the highest magnification it has is 1500x an it has a resolution of 200nm
- Process to prepare for a light microscope
- Staining chemical that bind on or in the specimen. this allows the specimen to be seen
- Sectioning specimens are embedded with wax. the section are then cut
- To work out cell size and magnification
- Actual size =image size/ magnification
- Magnification
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