if something is 0.2 micro meters would it be visible through a light microscope?

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if something is 0.2 micro meters would it be visible through a light microscope?

2006-10-02 05:02:48 · 3 answers · asked by Danielle 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

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You're in luck! 0.2 micrometers is considered the minimum resolution of the best optical microscopes.

2006-10-02 05:05:51 · answer #1 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Probably not---that's the wavelength of ultraviolet light, so it's quite a bit smaller than the wavelength of visible light.

An object that size had high contrast against the background, it could be seen as an unresolved point.

2006-10-02 12:08:39 · answer #2 · answered by cosmo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

0.2micro meters is something like a spider's web. i tried to see it and i saw it but the problem was first with the resolution and second with the thing i expected to see.so i say that it depends on what you want to see!!!

2006-10-02 12:29:21 · answer #3 · answered by Arwen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋