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    How to Clean a Microscope(Post)

    Microscope maintenance is crucial for ensuring accurate observations and prolonging the life of your valuable instrument. When cleaning a microscope, you'll want to approach the task with care, preci ...

    Microscope Resolution Explained Using Blood Cells(Post)

    Quite often people tell us the microscope resolution they need, but they don't really know what they mean by resolution. That's okay, as it is not necessarily a straight-forward concept. What is Reso ...

    Stereo Microscope Requirements for High Magnification Inspection in Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printed Microstructures(Post)

    Additive manufacturing (AM) and micro‑scale 3D printing have unlocked designs that traditional machining can’t touch; lattice structures, microfluidic channels, conformal cooling, and ultra‑fin ...

    What Microscope Magnification Should I Start With?(Post)

    What Objective Magnification Should I Start With? An important point to understand when working with compound microscopes and their objective lenses is that the field of view changes as the magnifica ...

    Features of Infrared Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopes(Post)

    Features and Benefits of the Infrared Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope Semiconductor wafers, bonded wafer "sandwiches," and other microelectronic devices often require the ability to perform examin ...

    How to Replace Incident LED Assembly in SMZ168 and SMZ171(Page)

    View the below video and learn how to replace the incident LED assembly in the SMZ168 stereo microscope and SMZ171 series of stereo microscopes.     Click here to view all the Motic Ho ...

    How to Replace Transmitted LED Assembly in SMZ168 and SMZ171(Page)

    View the below video to learn how to replace the transmitted LED assembly in the SMZ168 stereo microscope and the SMZ171 series of stereo microscopes.      Click here to view all ...

    Microscope Cleaning Information(Page)

    Make sure that you only clean your microscope lenses when they are dirty and use the proper materials! You can purchase a microscope cleaning kit here. If your objective lenses are dirty, you can ...

    Microscope Glossary of Terms(Page)

    Below you will find many of the terms used in the "Microscope World" - or just simply in microscopy. Abbe Condenser: A specially designed lens that mounts under the stage and is usually movable in t ...

    How To, When To and Why Use Immersion Oil(Page)

    Why Use Microscope Immersion Oil? When light passes from a material of one refractive index to another (for example: from glass to air), it bends. In the space between the microscope objective lens ...

    Microscope Magnification Versus Microscope Resolution(Page)

    In microscopy there are two concepts that many people often think of as one concept, but they are in fact very different. These two concepts are microscope resolution and microscope magnification. Fr ...

    Microscope Maintenance Tips(Page)

    Routine optical and mechanical maintenance of compound microscopes can ensure that your microscope works well for years. The microscope maintenance information provided below is not meant to replace ...