8 Inverted Microscope Parts and Information
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Inverted Microscopes
- Reverse positioning the optics.
- Compound microscope
- Has larger working distance with which to view objects (test tubes or petri dish)
- Principal identical to conventional
- Illumination is above object and objectives are below
- Specimen viewed though bottom of conatiner
- Used for agglutination tests, sediments, fluids
- Can be equipped for bightfield, phase contrast, fluorescence, polarizing