Compound Light
Microscope
What are the features of a light microscope?
The light microscope is an instrument for visualizing fine detail of an object. It does this by
creating a magnified image through the use of a series of glass lenses, which first focus a
beam of light onto or through an object, and convex objective lenses to enlarge the image
formed
What are the importance and different uses of microscope?
Microscopes are used in viewing the specimens that are relatively very small in size, they
are used to view the cellular structures of organs, germs, and bacteria, they play a
very important role in the laboratory for the tissues and organisms which are too small to
be seen clearly with the naked eye.
Stereo Microscope
The stereo microscope, also called a dissecting microscope, provides magnification of up to
300 times. These binocular microscopes are used to look at opaque objects or objects that
are too large to be viewed with a compound
What are the uses of stereo microscope?
Stereo Microscopes enable 3D viewing of specimens visible to the naked eye. They are
commonly known as Low Power or Dissecting Microscopes. An estimated 99% of stereo
applications employ less than 50x magnification. Use them for viewing insects, crystals,
plant life, circuit boards etc
Digital Microscope
What are the features of a microscope?
The most commonly used microscopes are equipped with a revolving nosepiece containing
four objective lenses possessing different degrees of magnification. When these are
combined with the magnification of the ocular lens, the total or overall linear magnification
of the specimen is obtained.
What are digital microscopes used for?
A digital microscope is an efficient tool to inspect and analyze various objects from micro-
fabricated parts to large electronic devices. Digital microscopes are used in a wide range of
industries, such as education, research, medicine, forensics, and industrial manufacturing.
USB Computer
Microscope
The microscope has an adjustable stand that manually focuses on the image and has a
flexibility that allows change of planes of view to the screen. The image production is fast,
accurate and very clear that is displayed, saved in the USB port. The inbuilt camera is 5
megapixels and the lenses are about 10-150 mm
Uses of USB microscope
USB microscopes are most useful when examining flat objects such as coins, printed circuit
boards, or documents such as banknotes, but can be used on surfaces of irregular shape
such as fibres owing to the high depth of field.
Pocket Microscope
What is a pocket microscope?
This is a microscope that has a special design that is small and portable, hence the name
'pocket'. They are pocket-size but some are a bit larger. Their size is too small to hold a
mirror to place the image in its rightful position.
What is a pocket microscope used for?
By using a pocket microscope, children, students and scientists can examine objects
outdoors and indoors in great detail. Small, durable and portable, some of
these microscopes are as small as an ink pen, yet provide detailed up close images of
objects and larger single celled organisms
Electron Microscope
What are the features of electron microscope?
The electron microscope uses a beam of electrons and their wave-like characteristics to
magnify an object's image, unlike the optical microscope that uses visible light to magnify
images.
What is the electron microscope used for?
Electron microscopy (EM) is a technique for obtaining high resolution images of biological
and non-biological specimens. It is used in biomedical research to investigate the detailed
structure of tissues, cells, organelles and macromolecular complexes