About This Instrument
A compound microscope is a high power (high magnification) microscope that uses a compound lens system. A compound microscope has multiple lenses: the objective lens (typically 4x, 10x, 40x or 100x) is compounded (multiplied) by the eyepiece lens (typically 10x) to obtain a high magnification of 40x, 100x, 400x and 1000x. Higher magnification is achieved by using two lenses rather than just a single magnifying lens. While the eyepieces and the objective lenses create high magnification, a condenser beneath the stage focuses the light directly into the sample.
Functioning well
Compact microscope
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
- Faculty Faculty of Technology
- Department Department of Biosystems Technology
- Laboratory Biotechnology Laboratory
- Category Laboratory Analytical
- Keywords magnification; condenser
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