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How is the appearance of microrganisms observed using phase-contrast microscopy versus brightfield microscopy?
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The human eye is only sensitive to amplitude (intensity) and wavelength (color), which are observed in a normal bright field microscope. Small, transparent objects like a cell do not change these parameters much, but due to their different refractive index from the surrounding medium, they slow down the light that passes through them. The light gets diffracted and has a phase change of approx. 1/4th of the wavelength (depends on the object thickness). Phase contrast microscopes have two rings, one that provides a hollow cone of light that illuminates the specimen and a second (so called phase plate) which lets the unaltered light pass through a thinner part and the bent light through a thicker part .This introduces another relative phase shift of 1/4, causing a net phase shift of 1/2 of the wavelength. Now this results in destructive interference, resulting in a dark object on a bright background.
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Which type of microscopy is used for colorless specimens?
Transmission electron microscopy
What does FESEM mean in electron microscopy?
Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy
Which type of microscopy is useful for viewing colorless specimens?
Transmission electron microscopy
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Does light microscopy offer better magnification than electron microscopy?
No
Which type of microscopy is used for colorless specimens?
Transmission electron microscopy
When was Microscopy Society of America created?
Microscopy Society of America was created in 1942.
What does FESEM mean in electron microscopy?
Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy
Which type of microscopy is useful for viewing colorless specimens?
Transmission electron microscopy
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What has the author Robert F Bils written?
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