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What would you see if you could examine a mineral with a powerful microscope that shows atoms and ions?
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Can compound microscopes see atoms?
No. No matter how powerful an optical microscope is, it can never be used to see atoms. Atoms are smaller than the wavelength of visible light. You can, however, view atoms using an electron 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.
What allows scientist to look at individual atoms?
By a microscope
What technique can be used to visualize individual atoms?
In 1981 the Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM) was invented. The STM has ultrahigh resolution and can image single atoms.
How many atoms are in one mineral?
About 2,000,000
Why can't you see the minerals in mineral water?
You can if you have a really powerful microscope. Minerals are like particles, only larger. Scientist can see atoms which are the smallest things we know of. But they can be seen with the proper equipment.
Can compound microscopes see atoms?
No. No matter how powerful an optical microscope is, it can never be used to see atoms. Atoms are smaller than the wavelength of visible light. You can, however, view atoms using an electron microscope.
You can see atoms using a scanning tunneling microscope?
The needle doesn't actually touch the atoms, but you can their outlines.
Can you see the atoms of elements with a powerful school microscope?
No, you cannot see individual atoms of elements with a school microscope. Atoms are much smaller than the wavelength of visible light, so they cannot be resolved by optical microscopes. Specialized techniques such as scanning electron microscopy or atomic force microscopy are needed to visualize atoms.
What is one important advantage an optical microscope has over a more powerful electron microscope?
It is cheaper and used to observe larger objects. Electron microscopes look at much smaller things such as atoms.
Which instrument do scientists use to observe DNA?
Usually, a scanning electron microscope is used to observe atoms.
Do atoms and moleclue's look spherical inside a microscope?
Atoms and molecules are to small to see under a microscope.
What are the tools that scientists used to observe atoms?
They could use an electron microscope or an STM (scanning tunneling 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.
What is the world's strongest microscope and what can it measure?
the electron microscope can measure atoms
What microscope lets you see individual atoms?
electron tunneling microscope
What do you use a electron microscope for?
To see atoms or other extremely small things that you can not see in a light microscope. Even with an electron microscope, atoms are still barely visible.
