DoITPoMS - TLP Library Optical Microscopy and Specimen Preparation

Optical Microscopy and Specimen Preparation

This Teaching and Learning Package (TLP) provides an introduction to the use of optical microscopes. It introduces the different types of microscope used to examine specimens and how to set them up correctly. There is also an introduction to specimen preparation.

	Aims Introduction Sample Preparation Ceramics and Polymers Using the Reflection Microscope Using the Transmission Microscope Using Microscopes Polarised light Resolution and Imaging Summary Questions Going further

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First created: April 2004. Complete revision: August 2009.