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Name one disadvantage of light microscopes

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Answer: Limitations

Light microscopes can magnify specimens or objects up to fifteen hundred times their actual size. This is amazing if you consider objects naturally visible to the eyes. But when you consider microscopic specimens then the magnification is not very impressive. Also the depth of field is confined. For very specific observations of elements or specimens that are smaller than 0.275 microns or smaller than half the wavelength of white light require electron microscope.

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Light microscopes can magnify specimens or objects up to fifteen hundred times their actual size. This is amazing if you consider objects naturally visible to the eyes. But when you consider microscopic specimens then the magnification is not very impressive. Also the depth of field is confined. For very specific observations of elements or specimens that are smaller than 0.275 microns or smaller than half the wavelength of white light require electron microscope.

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