Compare and contrast the differences between a light and electron microscope
Although the theory between an optical and electron microscope is similar, the results that can be achieved vary tremendously. This is due to several factors but the most important of these being the resolution it is possible to achieve using the different microscopes. With an ordinary compound light microscope the average resolution achievable is 300 nm (m x 10-9) with a transmission electron microscope this is increased to 10 nm this can be improved again with the use of a scanning microscope where the average resolution is 2 nm. The reason the resolution varies so much is that the resolution is calculated by halving the wavelength of the power source in ligh
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