Light microscopes

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Created by: BobbieStorm
Created on: 13-03-15 19:50


	Light microscopes
	Advantages Cheap to purchase and operate Small and portable Natural colour of the specimen can be observed Living as well as dead material can be viewed Preparation is relatively quick and simple, requiring little expertise Unaffected by magnetic fields	Disadvantages Magnifies objects up to 1500x Preparation may distort specimen The depth of the field is restricted Has a resolving power for biological specimens of around 1nm
	Evaluation Advantages outweigh the disadvantages, however, in some circumstances an electron microscope maybe a better choice

Light microscopes

Advantages

Cheap to purchase and operate
Small and portable
Natural colour of the specimen can be observed
Living as well as dead material can be viewed
Preparation is relatively quick and simple, requiring little expertise
Unaffected by magnetic fields

Disadvantages

Magnifies objects up to 1500x
Preparation may distort specimen
The depth of the field is restricted
Has a resolving power for biological specimens of around 1nm

Evaluation

Advantages outweigh the disadvantages, however, in some circumstances an electron microscope maybe a better choice

Comments

larawork

Report Mon 29th May, 2017 @ 17:32

Thankyou so much this is perfect for my exams. I am actually in year 9 and this says for A-levels but it is useful for all ages and year groups in my opinion. Thanks again.

larawork

Report Mon 29th May, 2017 @ 17:32

This is really ~~good~~. I mean excellent.

sharwa

Report Thu 19th October, 2017 @ 21:34

just the thing i need

UniversalPower1

Report Tue 25th September, 2018 @ 20:48

Really helpful with my bio hw. :)

Maple

Report Sat 8th May, 2021 @ 20:25

Hi I hope you know that having to harvard reference this post in my microscopy report for university is the funniest thing ever. Thank you, BobbieStorm

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