1735 (v.4) Principles of Microscopy 101

Area:	Department of Applied Physics
Credits:	12.5
Contact Hours:	3.0

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Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	2 x 1 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:	Optical microscopy - components, care and maintenance, theory, light sources, Kohler illumination, lenses, eyepieces, resolution and depth of field. Contrast methods of bright field, incident light, dark field, phase contrast and fluorescence. Stereomicroscopy and photomicrography. Electron microscopy. Secondary electron, back scattered electron and X-ray detection in the scanning electron microscope, signal processing and data presentation.

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Field of Education:	010301 Physics
Funding Cluster:	08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark
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