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Cells yes, molecules for the most part no, atoms definitely not. A few extremely large molecules can be seen with light or electron microscopes (or even with the naked eye... technically, a flawless diamond is one large molecule), but normally something called a scanning tunneling microscope is used to image molecules and atoms.

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What part of an atom is visible under the microscope?

A single atom is not visible in a microscope (it is too small to be imaged by photons). What you see in an optical microscope (or in general) is the light reflected, scattered, or emitted by the electron layers of the material under observation.


What part of an atom is actualley visible under the microscope?

A single atom is not visible in a microscope (it is too small to be imaged by photons). What you see in an optical microscope (or in general) is the light reflected, scattered, or emitted by the electron layers of the material under observation.


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 tool would a scientist use to see an atom?

A scientist would use a high-powered electron microscope to see an atom. This microscope uses electrons instead of light to visualize objects at the atomic scale. Due to the smaller wavelength of electrons compared to light, the electron microscope can achieve much higher resolution, allowing scientists to observe atomic structures.


What does the light of the microscope do?

microscope light illuminates the specimen so that you can see it


Is it possible to see an atom with a special type of microscope?

The atomic force microscope is an instrument.


Can you use a high school microscope to see an atom?

Not unless your highschool has an electron microscope


Do you need a microscope to see an atom?

Yes, you do. You cannot see an atom with the naked eye; it is too small.


How do you see a atom?

You Need a really powerful Microscope


Why do scientists see a blur when they look at an atom under a microscope?

Scientists see a blur when they look at an atom under a microscope because the size of atoms is on the scale of a few tenths of a nanometer, which is smaller than the wavelength of visible light. This means that the light waves cannot resolve the details of the atom's structure, leading to a blurred image.


Can you see a actin through a light microscope?

No, you need a florescent microscope to see that.


What structure you can see in plant cell under the microscope light?

You can see chloroplasts and a nucleus under a light microscope.