so that when viewing the specimen the cover slip won't move.
to make it clear for observation
For wet mount slides, yes.
The glass slide has allowed a closer, more in-depth look into the world around us, from pond water to pap smears. Skin scrapings, blood smears, hair, parasites, tissue samples and the like have all found their way between a glass slide and a cover slip at one time or other. ~Karl
Take lake or pond water and put it on a slide with a pippete. put a cover slip on slide and put on a high power(100x+) Look around and you may be surprised what you see!
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 (: (: (: (: (: (: (: (: (: (:
to make it clear for observation
For wet mount slides, yes.
so that when viewing the specimen the cover slip won't move.
so that when viewing the specimen the cover slip won't move.
Usually water is used and the Oxygen in the water gets trapped in between the slide cover and the slide. In this case, the same thing is actually happening, because you have forgotten about air. Air is everywhere, and if that slide cover is not pushed down from one end to the other, then Oxygen and even hydrogen bubbles can get trapped just like the oxygen from the water. Try letting the slide cover fall onto the slide. then gently tap- moving from one side to across the slide to the other to push the Oxygen out. If you randomly tap, more than likely air will be trapped.
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length of the slide= 47.10 feet
Because an air bubble, trapped between the slide and cover plate, shows as a dark'blob' under magnification. Using a drop of water to 'seal' the slide & cover plate together excludes the air - making the specimen more visible to the user.
That's called a 'cover slip'.
A wet mount slide is when a solution is applied to a microscope slide with whatever subject is being studied, typically under a slip cover.