Why is resolving power important in microscopy?

Answer 1

resolving power is the ability of an imaging device to separate distinctive points of an object; it is important because the more resolving power a microscope has the better we can see the cell and its structures

Answer 2

The resolving power of a microscope is important because it is the limit of what structures can be imaged and observed. Structures and features smaller than the resolving power will not be clearly viewed, under any circumstances.

Answer 3

Resolution: Is the ability to distinguish objects that are close together. The better the

resolving power, the closer the objects can be and still be seen as separate.

Resolution is greater when shorter wavelengths of light are used.

Lenses with greater angular apertures (θ) have shorter workingdistances and better resolution.

This means that Lenses with a higher power (generally 100x for most classroom microscopes) is what gives you greater resolution. The reason for this is mathematical

The resolution R (here measured as a distance) depends on the angular aperature :

where .[4]

Here NA is the numerical aperature, is half the included angle of the lens, which depends on the diameter of the lens and its focal length, is the refractive index of the medium between the lens and the specimen, and is the wavelength of light illuminating or emanating from (in the case of fluorescence microscopy) the sample.

Answer 4

Resolution is the ability to be able to separate out detail in an image. This is important to microscopy so that the subject can be clearly seen.

Answer 5

The resolving power determines how much detail actually can be seen.