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Electron Microscopy Techniques

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The human eye is capable of separating two objects not closer than 0.1mm at a normal viewing distance of 25cm. Finer detail is resolved by enlarging the image. This is conventionally achieved by placing the object under a simple magnifying lens, or in the laboratory, under a compound microscope (Fig 34. 1).

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Green, O.R. (2001). Electron Microscopy Techniques. In: A Manual of Practical Laboratory and Field Techniques in Palaeobiology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0581-3_34

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