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can a scientist see atoms?
They can't see atoms with a naked eye, but they can use an electron microscope or a STM (scanning tunneling microscope).
Can you see atoms with a magnifying glass or microscope?
no
Can you see atoms with a microscopes?
you would have to havean electron microscope
When you use a scanning probe microscope do you see atoms dirctly or only indirctly?
A scanning probe microscope will not resolve an atom
What do you call the instrument that allows us to see atoms?
An electron microscope.
What technique can be used to visualize individual atoms?
In 1981 the Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM) was invented. The STM has ultrahigh resolution and can image single atoms.
What can be seen under a electron microscope and not a light microscope?
An electron microscope has a much higher magnifying power and resolution than a regular light microscope. One can visualize molecules and even atoms using an electron microscope. This is not possible with a light microscope
Of what are atoms composed-?
Protons, electrons and neutrons are what make up an atom. Atoms are so small they cannot even been seen under a microscope.
What year were atoms first seen with a high powered microscope?
Atoms were first seen individually (but not in specific detail) through the STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscope) built in 1981 by Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer at IBM Zurich Research Laboratory. They demonstrated the power and consistency of their invention by arranging a selection of atoms into IBM's company logo. They were later awarded with the Nobel Prize.
Can atoms be seen by a microscope?
No. to viewing a phenomenon you need to send light (photon) to it and then see reflected light( photon) as the atom particles (electron,neutron,proton) are in order of photon, your sent light changes their conditions and you see none
Do atoms and moleclue's look spherical inside a microscope?
Atoms and molecules are to small to see under a microscope.
Can bacteria be seen with an ordinary microscope?
Yes. Mostly. Because most are transparent (and need to be dyed to really be seen).
What is a good sentence with the word microscopic?
Micro = small scope = look So microscopic is anything so small that you need a microscope to see it. The meaning of microscopic is something so tiny that it can only be seen through a microscope and not through the naked eye.
Which virus can be seen by light microscope?
None can. They have to be seen using a electron microscope.
What do the gases in air look like?
Atoms cannot be seen with a light microscope. The few non-light based microscopes (e.g. scanning tunneling microscope and atomic force microscope) that can resolve atoms see all atoms as fuzzy spheres. However as all such microscopes require the atoms to be at least temporarily bound to a surface, they cannot actually measure atoms in the gas phase.
What is the world's strongest microscope and what can it measure?
the electron microscope can measure atoms
What microscope lets you see individual atoms?
electron tunneling microscope
