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What is the difference between wet mount and dry mount?
- a wet mount is freshly prepared while a dry mount is pre-prepared and sealed. - the specimen is alive in a wet mount while in a dry mount the specimen is dead - air bubbles can be trapped in a wet mount but not in a dry mount - wet mounts are priceless while dry mounts costs
Is it necessary to add and drop water between the slide and cover slip?
For wet mount slides, yes.
Contrast a prepared slide and a wet-mount slide?
A prepared slide is sealed by acrylic or any other medium. After the solvent evaporates, the specimen is locked under the slip. On the other hand, a wet mount slide has the specimen prepared just before it is put under microscope.
What does WM mean on a prepared slide?
It means whole mount..(l.s.) stands for longitudinal section and (c.s.) stands for cross-section
What is a wet-mount slide?
First, put an image in the center of the slide. Add on drop of water to the slide then put on the cover piece. Take it over to the microscope then use the stage clips to hold it down. Look through the eyepiece and then you will see a magnified image or cell organisms living in the water.
What are the steps of the wet mount?
the five steps to making a wet mount slide is 1.use a flat glass slide to prepare a wt mount slide 2.suck up a few drops of water from your liquid specimen into a medicaine dropper 3.pick up the wet mount slide on the 2 outer sides of the slides 4.place the specimen your using into the water 5.place the top cover slips on the top of the water with the specimen in it (: (: (: (: (: (: (: (: (: (:
An unstained wet mount preparation of epidermal cells shows few details Which substance could be added to the slides to make the details more visible?
1. methylene blue
If you are looking through a microscope at a freshly prepared wet mount and you see several perfect circles that are completely clear surrounding your specimen what is the most likely explanation?
The perfect small bubbles are the trapped air bubble.
What is a wet mounts?
mount thats wet. :trollface:
Which works best with phase contrast microscopy wet mount or hang drop?
wet mount slide
What Slide mount is used for viewing an Elodea leaf?
a wet mount
Why a smear preparation is preferred compare to a wet mount?
bcoz a heat-fix smear have a good contrast than the wet mount
