Posts of the Category: Howto
Some tinkering with the microscope.
Fixing specimens for making permanent slides
August 5th, 2010 by Oliver Kim | Comments: 6
Before specimens can be processed for making permanent slides, they may need to be fixed. This step kills the specimen and preserves the structures. It also prepares the specimen for staining. There is no one single method to fix a specimen, too much depends on the nature of the specimen itself and on the subsequent [...]
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How to make microscope filters
February 10th, 2010 by Oliver Kim | Comments: 3
Commercial microscope filters are usually made of stained glass. In the case of patch stops (as used in dark-field illumination), they may be made of aluminum. The dark-field patch stops block some of the light and the specimen will appear bright on dark background. The traditional way of DIY patch stops is cutting them out [...]
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