Light Microscope Essay

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Light Microscope The light microscope is mainly used because it employs visible light to discover small objects, it is perhaps the most well-known research tool used in a biology laboratory. Light is the messenger and transports the object information from the specimen through the microscope; Light translates the object information into a microscopic image of the specimen. A light microscope is any device that magnifies the image of a small object. However, several students and teachers are unmindful of the full variety of features that are accessible in light microscopes. Though, even the most low-priced "student" microscopes can provide spectacular views of nature, it can also enable students to perform some reasonably sophisticated experiments. A light microscope works a lot like a refracting telescope except that the object is very close to the objective lens. An object to be studied, for example a tiny organism (water flea) found in pond water, is put on a glass slide. Beginners have a habit of thinking that the challenge of viewing small objects lies in getting sufficient magnification. In fact, when it comes to viewing living things the major challenges are obtaining adequate contrast, finding the important plane, obtaining good resolution and identifying the subject when one sees it. The least objects that are considered to be existing are the bacteria. The smallest bacteria can be detected and cell shape recognized at a mere 100x magnification. They are invisible in bright field microscopes. Light Microscopes used in forensics help investigators to identify and compare small particles of trace evidence collected from a crime scene. Light Microscopes are used in the forensic examination of fibers, paint chips, tool marks, hairs, skin cells, body fluid samples, soil and plant matter, ink and many other tiny samples of evidence collected at crime

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