Types of Microscope Flashcard

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• is a high-resolution imaging technique in which a beam of electrons passes through a thin sample to produce an image.

• Typical magnification: about 50× to 1,000,000×.

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Transmission Electron Microscope

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is a type of electron microscope that scans surfaces of microorganisms that uses a beam of electrons moving at low energy to focus and scan specimens.

Typical magnification: about 20× to 30,000×

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Scanning Electron Microscope

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• Have a digital camera which is the detector and the image output device. The display of the image is done on a computer screen or monitor, defining the microscope’s digital scope.

• Typical magnification: about 10× to 1000×

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Digital Microscope

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• Is a microscope that use a technique that uses sound transmitted through thin sections of materials to create images that depict the speed of sound.

• Typical magnification:about 50× to 200×

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Acoustic microscopes

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• Is a type of microscope that uses polarized light to study the optical properties of materials such as crystals, fibers, and thin films.

• Typical magnification: about 40× to 400×

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Polarizing microscope

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• is an optical microscope that uses fluorescence and phosphorescence

• employing a higher intensity light to illuminate samples

• Typical magnification:about 40× to 1000×

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Fluorescence microscope

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• Offer clear 3D views and easy manipulation of specimens, making them ideal for performing dissections in the laboratory.

• Typical magnification:10× to 40× (some models go up to 100×)

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Stereo/Dissecting Microscope

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• Uses visible light and

• two or more convex lenses to magnify specimens

• Typical magnification range between 40x and 1000x

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Compound Light Microscope

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Allows the user to observe live specimens as well as perform dissections under the microscope.

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Stereo/Dissecting Microscope

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This microscope enables you to generate detailed, multicolor images with high contrast and resolution.

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Fluorescence microscope