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What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of A Light And Electron Microscope?
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WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF A LIGHT AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPE? The naked eyes are not powerful enough to see any type of ultra structure, such as a living or dead cell and its components. So, to further scientific stuffy the microscope invented; the light microscope. The light microscope, relatively small and light weight to the electron microscope, is the earlier discover of both types of microscopes, which I am going to discuss today. As with everything it has its advantages as well as its disadvantages. This certain microscope can magnify any sample up to 2000 times its original size. This is useful for scientists because if the species were alive you can monitor movement of the cell. The magnification allows the cell structures to be observed too. The magnification means that it gets bigger, so when you focus the knob it becomes larger. Furthermore, the light microscope produce an image...
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