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Yes, you do. You cannot see an atom with the naked eye; it is too small.

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How do you see a atom?

You Need a really powerful Microscope


How powerful of a microscope do you need to see a atom?

You cannot see an atom visually with a microscope. They're smaller (quite a bit smaller, actually) than visual light waves. The instrument that's used to "see" atoms is called a scanning tunneling microscope, but it doesn't use visible light, it uses electrical potentials and the pictures are generated by computer processing of the data.


Is it possible to see an atom with a special type of microscope?

The atomic force microscope is an instrument.


Can you use a high school microscope to see an atom?

Not unless your highschool has an electron microscope


When did someone see an atom without a microscope?

Without a microscope? Never. Atoms are much to small to see with the naked eye...


What is something that scientist need a microscope to see?

what is something that scienists need a microscope to see


You can see an atom with?

No device can give the complete structure of an atom but you can get a minute idea about the look of an atom using an Electron Microscope!


Why cant you see inside an atom?

They are to SMALL to be seen by any microscope!


Do you need a microscope to see a cell?

We need a microscope to see cells because they are too small to see without one.


Can you see a actin through a light microscope?

No, you need a florescent microscope to see that.


Study your notes on the history of the atom?

== == No. Beacause the atom is the smallest part in an element. You can't see it even in a microscope.


What part of an atom is visible under the microscope?

A single atom is not visible in a microscope (it is too small to be imaged by photons). What you see in an optical microscope (or in general) is the light reflected, scattered, or emitted by the electron layers of the material under observation.