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Electron Microscope Charmain McNulty An electron microscope has many uses today, mainly to do with scientific study. The electron microscope has been developed to look at the tiniest structures, arrangements and components; it can magnify an object two million times. It works by using electrons instead of light. The electrons can fit through smaller gaps in specimens creating a clearer magnified image. There are two types of electron microscope, a scanning electron microscope and a transmission electron microscope. A SEM creates a magnified image of the surface of an object, and a TEM produces a magnified image of a specimen. Within the science of living organisms come the studies of bacteriology, cytology, histology and genetics to name a few. All of these use an electron microscope to further its research into its field. A general study that uses an electron microscope is microbiology, and the findings from this goes on help medicine with applications...

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