What happens to contrast and resolving power when the aperture of the condenser of a compound light microscope

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What happens to contrast and resolving power when the aperture of the condenser of a compound light microscope

is decreased?

2007-02-05 00:11:00 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

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Contrast would increase, because with lower light you can get a larger difference in the contrast, but the resolution decreases since you can't see as much,

2007-02-08 17:34:22 · answer #1 · answered by kz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Contrast increases, resolving power decreases.

2007-02-08 03:16:15 · answer #2 · answered by floundering penguins 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋