BRAINCAKETransmission Electron Microscope
The transmission electron microscope passes a beam of electrons through a thin specimen and focuses the electrons that have passed through the specimen onto a screen to form a two-dimensional image.
It has a resolution of 0.5nm.
The specimen is prepared by
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Key terms in this lesson
- resolution
- The ability of a microscope to distinguish between two points that are close together as separate objects.
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