DoITPoMS Teaching and Learning Packages

Optical Microscopy and Specimen Preparation

This teaching and learning package provides an introduction to the use of optical microscopes. It introduces the different types of microscope used to examine specimens and how to set them up correctly. There is also an introduction to specimen preparation.

		Aims Introduction Metallographic specimen preparation Ceramic and polymer specimen preparation Using the reflection microscope Using the transmission microscope Further adjustments Polarised light microscopy Resolution and imaging Summary Questions
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