NAME:HARRI

EDONNED.GALUZO. GROUPNUMBER:__________

YEARANDSECTI
ON:CCR3-
B1 DATE 
PERFORMED:10-
11-
20

PROFESSOR:Mar
yAnnQ.De
ogr
aci
as DATE 
CORRECTED:
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EXPERI
MENT1
THECOMPOUNDMI
CROSCOPE

I
.OBJECTI
VE:
 TOSTUDYTHEPARTSANDTHECORRECTTECHNI
QUEOFUSI
NGTHE

COMPOUNDMI
CROSCOPE.

I
I.MATERI
ALS:
 c
ompoundmi
cros
cope
,gl
asss
lide
swi
ths
pec
ime
n

I
II.DISCUSSION: 
Thec ompoundmicroscopeisanexampl eofali
ghtmi c
ros
cope,at
ypeofthat
make suseofavis
ibl
elight
.Itcons
istsoftwos et
soflenses,namel
y,thepri
marymagnif
ier
sor
t
heobj ec
tive
s,t
helensesofwhichareimme diat
elynexttothespeci
me nbei
ngstudi
ed;a
ndt he
se
c ondar
ymagnifi
er,t
hatis,t
heocularoreyepiec
e,thele
ns e
sofwhicharenextt
otheeye
.

I
V.PROCEDURE:
 Dr
awandl
abe
lthepar
tsoft
hec
ompoundmi
cros
cope
.
V.OBSERVATI
ON/
CONCLUSI
ON:

1.Gi
vet
hef
unc
tion(
s)oft
hef
oll
owi
ng:

a.oc
ular/
eye
pie
ce–Thelenst
hevi
ewe
rlookst
hrought
ose
ethes
pec
ime
n.Thee
yepi
eceus
ual
ly
cont
ainsa10Xor15Xpowerle
ns.

b.r
evolvi
ngnosepiec
e–Ar otat
ingtur
rett
hathous
est
heobj
ect
ivel
ens
es.Thevi
ewe
rspi
nst
he
nosepi
ecetos
ele
c tdi
ffe
rentobj
ecti
vel
ense
s.

c
.coar
seadj
ust
mentknob–Br
ingst
hes
pec
ime
nint
oge
ner
alf
ocus
.
d.lowpowe
robje
cti
ve–Lowpowerobj
ect
ive
scove
rawidef
iel
dofvi
ewandt
heyar
eus
efulf
or
examini
nglar
gespe
cimensors
urveyi
ngmanysmall
ers
pec
imens.

e.highpowe robj
ect
ive–Thehigh-
powe r
edobjecti
vel
ens(al
socal
led“hi
ghdry”lens)i
sidealf
or
observingf
inedetai
lswit
hinaspec
ime nsample.Thet
otalmagni
fi
cati
onofahigh-power
object
ivele
nsc ombi
nedwi t
ha10xe ye
pieceise
qualto400xmagnifi
cati
on,gi
vingyouav e
r y
detail
edpict
ureofthespeci
meninyours l
ide
.

f
.st
age–
Thef
latpl
atf
ormwhe
ret
hes
lidei
spl
ace
d.

g.c
onde
nse
r–Gat
her
sandf
ocus
esl
ightf
romt
hei
ll
umi
nat
oront
othes
pec
ime
nbe
ingvi
ewe
d.

h.mirror–Themi
r r
orisusedt
odi r
ec tl
ightfromtheli
ghtsourcetothemicr
oscopicf
iel
d.The
mirrorhastwosi
des,oneofwhic
hi sapl aneorfl
atsur
faceandisusedwiththesubst
age
condenser
.Theothersur
facei
sconc aveandisusedwithoutthecondens
er.

i
.ir
isdi
aphr
agm–
Adj
ust
stheamountofl
ightt
hatr
eac
hest
hes
pec
ime
n.

2.De
scr
ibebr
ief
lyandi
nas
yst
emat
icor
der
,themanne
rorme
thodofpr
ope
rlyus
ingt
he

c
ompoundmi
cros
cope
.

Re movethesli
dei nthest
ageandputthespeci
menintothesli
deandpl acei
tagaini
ntothe
stageofmicroscopeandfast
enitwit
hthestagecl
ipsandlookthrought hee
yepie
ceandmove
thefocusknobsunt i
ltheimagecomestof
ocusandmovet hesl
ideuntilthespe
cimenisi
nthe
centerofvi
ewt hatyousee.

3.Gi
ves
omepr
ecaut
ionar
yme
asur
esi
ntheus
eoft
hemi
cros
cope
.

1)Al
wayske
ept
hemi
cros
copec
lean.

2)Al
wayshol
dthemi
cros
copewi
thbot
hthehandi
nanupr
ightpos
iti
onwhi
lec
arr
yingi
t.

3)Al
waysc
leant
hel
ens
eswi
tht
iss
uepape
rorac
leans
ilke
npi
eceofc
lot
h.

4)Fi
rstfoc
usthemi
cros
copei
nthel
owpowe
randt
hent
heyonl
ychanget
ohi
ghpowe
r
obj
ect
ivelens.
4.Namet
het
hre
ege
ner
alpar
tsoft
hec
ompoundmi
cros
copeandt
hei
rsub-
par
ts.

He
ad
- Eye
pie
ce(
ocul
ar)
- Eye
pie
cet
ube
- Nos
epi
ece
- Obj
ect
ivel
ens
es
Ar
m
- St
age
- St
agec
lips
- Ape
rtur
e
- Fi
neFoc
usknobs
- Coar
seFoc
usknobs
- Conde
nse
r
- I
ris
hdi
aphr
agm
Bas
e
- I
ll
umi
nat
or