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DEFINITION OF TERMS:
Resolving power/Resolution
Working Distance
Magnification
Numerical Aperture
Refractive Index
Resolving Power/Resolution
Light bends as it passes from the glass slide into the air;
bending is due to the fact that the glass slide and air
have different refractive indices
If the wave peak of light rays from one source coincides with
the wave peak of light rays from another source, the rays
interact to produce reinforcement (relative brightness)
Modification
: with two filters
Applications
: mineral elements
ash residues
spindle fiber
A POLARIZING MICROSCOPE
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One set of light rays comes directly from the light source; the other set comes
from light that is reflected or diffracted from a particular structure in the specimen
When the 2 sets of light rays- direct rays and reflected or diffracted rays- are
brought together, they form an image on the ocular lens, containing areas that
are relatively light (in phase), through shades of gray, to black (out of phase)
stage
condenser lens
DISADVANTAGES : Requires
vacuum enclosed system
high voltage
mechanical stability
different way of specimen preparation
well-trained staff
Two Types of ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
filament
condenser lens
condenser aperture
stage
objective lens
objective aperture
projector lenses