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It depends on what the specimen is. If for example - the specimen is a person's finger-print, then low magnification is sufficient. However - if the specimen is a sample of blood, a higher magnification would be needed to show individual blood cells.

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On the microscope which of the lens's has the most magnification?

high lens


How do you determine what the magnification of the specimen is?

In a light microscope magnification is varied by using different lenses to refract the light. In an electron microscope magnification is varied by altering the configurations of magnetic fields to bend the electron beam.


How many times is the image of the e magnified when you view through the high power objective 40?

It depends on what magnification the ocular lens is (usually 10x), then you multiply that by the objective lens magnification (what you said to be 40x). So the microscope would magnify your specimen by 400 times.


What is the magnification of a high power objective?

The oil immersion lens or objective has power 90X-100X and an eyepiece lens generally in light microscope comes with 10X so total magnification of oil immersion lens is 100X10 = 1,000


Why is locating an object more difficult if you start with high power objective than with the low power objective?

When using a microscope, you are magnifying the area under the lens by however many times the magnification is on your lens. On low power the area expanded by the lens is smaller than on high magnification. When on low power more is visible and there is less area to search for your given object under the microscope. I recommend finding the object on low magnification, and then switching to high once you have found it.

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What is the total magnification of a microscope when the eyepiece lens by the magnification of the the high objective lens?

multiply the magnification of the eyepiece by the magnification of the high objective lens. for example, if the eyepiece magnifies x10, and the high objective magnifies x40, then the total magnification would be 400x


Would you use the electron microscope or the compound microscope to look at cork?

---- You would use the light microscope. The electron microscope would be unnecessary in this situation, due to its high magnification levels.


On the microscope which of the lens's has the most magnification?

high lens


What structure on a microscope allows the greatest magnification?

High Power Objective


What is the total magnification of the microscope when it is on high power?

Microscopes vary in power. You can determine total magnification by the eyepiece and the lens.


Lens that allows greater magnification on a microscope?

highpowerobjective


How you calculate the magnification of the microscope?

you multyply the low powered objective and the high powered objective :)


What is the light microscope's range of magnification?

The Dissecting Light Microscope range of magnification is 20x to 80x. The Compound Light Microscope ranges from 40x to 1000x -40x Scanning -100x Low Power -400x High Power -1000x Oil Immersion


How do you determine what the magnification of the specimen is?

In a light microscope magnification is varied by using different lenses to refract the light. In an electron microscope magnification is varied by altering the configurations of magnetic fields to bend the electron beam.


How do you calculate the power magnification of microscope?

you multyply the low powered objective and the high powered objective :)


What is the usual magnifying power of the high power objective on your compound microscope?

what magnification is ontained with the high power objective


How is total magnification for an objective determined for your microscope?

The standard microscope is that the eyepiece is 10x magnification, and three types of powered magnification helps it magnify even more. Low power is 4x, Medium power is 10x, and High power is 40x. Eyepiece and Low power is 40x, Eyepiece and Medium power is 100x, and Eyepiece and High power is 400x magnification in revolance to the naked eye.