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Is compound microscope and electron microscope same?
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An optical microscope of any type uses the light passing through glass lenses. A compound microscope is simply one that uses 2 or more lenses in series. The image is formed normally either in the observer's eye or in a camera fitted to the instrument, or in certain types may be projected onto a screen.
An electron microscope passes a finely-focussed beam of electrons through the sample, and creates the resulting image on a photographic film or electronic detectors. The instrument is used to resolve objects that are far smaller than are possible with optical microscopes.
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What major advantage does a transmission electron microscope have over a compound light microscope?
The Compund light microscope allows people to view living cells. With the electron light microscope peole can only view dead cells but with very high detail. The electron microscope is also much more expensive than a compound ligh microscope. The compound light microscope is also much easier to transport from place to place, as the electron microscope is not.
Would you use a stereomicroscope or compound light microscope or electron microscope to see a virus?
A virus of 50nm would be too small to see unless an electron microscope was used because it has greater resolving power and a resolution up to .1nm. A microscope using compound light as the means of illumination could not resolve better than approx. 200nms.
What is the difference between a compound microscope and an electron microscope?
Compound microscopes (also called compound light microscopes) employ light and an array of glass lenses to magnify an object. (This is distinguished from a simple microscope of one lens.) An electron microscope uses a beam of electrons to magnify an object. The lensing system employs electric and magnetic fields and is specialized for applications requiring much higher magnification. See related links.
What does abbreviation scanning electron microscope represent?
Scanning electron microscope - SEM
What conclusion can scientists make from looking through an electron microscope about atoms?
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What is a microscope in science?
There is a compound light microscope, an scannignn electron microscope, and transmission electron microscope.
What is the difference of a light microscope and a scanning electron microscope?
A light microscope uses visible light to magnify and view specimens, offering lower magnification and resolution compared to a scanning electron microscope (SEM) which uses a focused beam of electrons to image the sample, providing higher magnification and resolution. SEM can produce 3D images of the sample surface while light microscopes typically provide 2D images.
What is a type of electron microscope?
compound microscope is one
What came first electron microscope or light microscope?
compound light microscope - cell theory - electron microscope
What are the various KINDS of a microscope?
Stereomicroscope, Compound Microscope, Phase-contrast microscope, electron microscope, Scanning-electron microscope, Transmission electron microscope, Confocal-scanning microscope. THESE ARE JUST SOME. :)
What is the main disadvantage of the electron microscope over a compound microscope?
You can only view non-living things under the electron microscope, while with the compound you can view living organisms
What is the differences between a compound and electron microscope?
The compound microscope is a light microscope that uses light to "see" microbes. Viruses are too small.The electron microscope uses electrons to "see" microbes or viruses.
What kind what microscopes would be better to see a virus. your options are compound light microscope Transmission Eltron Microscope Scanning Electron Microscope?
electron microscope
The type of microscope that focuses beams of electrons on specimens is the?
compound light microscope
What is disadvantages of using a compound microscope and a electron microscope?
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Which came first the compound light microscope or the electron microscope?
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What other microscopes do scientists have besides the compound?
electron microscope & simple microscope
