Micoscropy

• Advantages of a light microscope

  Cheap, small & portable, samples can be living
• Disadvantages of a light microscope 


  Relatively low magnification
• Advantages of a electron microscope

  High magnification
• Disadvantages of a electron microscope

  Expensive, samples can only be seen in black and white, larg & needs to be fitted
• Centimetre to millimetre (visversa) 


  x10, (divide 10)
• millimetre to micrometre (visversa) 


  X1000, (divide 1000)
• Image size equation 


  Actual size x magnification
• Actual size


  Image size/magnification
• Magnification equation 


  Image size/actual size