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... Microscopes T he microscope is an instrument that produces en- larged images of small objects , allowing them to be viewed at a scale convenient for examination and analysis . The image may be formed by optical , acoustic , or ...
... Microscopes T he microscope is an instrument that produces en- larged images of small objects , allowing them to be viewed at a scale convenient for examination and analysis . The image may be formed by optical , acoustic , or ...
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... microscope . Custom Medical Stock Photo / Dr . R. Becker electrically conducting , otherwise a sharp picture will not be obtained . Conductivity is usually achieved by evapo- rating a film of metal 50 to 100 angstroms thick onto the ...
... microscope . Custom Medical Stock Photo / Dr . R. Becker electrically conducting , otherwise a sharp picture will not be obtained . Conductivity is usually achieved by evapo- rating a film of metal 50 to 100 angstroms thick onto the ...
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... microscopy and provide additional information about the fundamen- tal structure of the objects . The ultimate microscopy , that of individual atoms , be- came possible in 1981 with the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope by ...
... microscopy and provide additional information about the fundamen- tal structure of the objects . The ultimate microscopy , that of individual atoms , be- came possible in 1981 with the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope by ...
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