Question #1686a
1 Answer
Sep 13, 2015
I think you mean 'attributes'. They are: magnification, resolution and contrast.
Explanation:
In brief:
Magnification: The power to enlarge the image of the specimen
Resolution: The shortest distance between two points that the microscope can define as clearly being separate points
Contrast: Cells are transparent and the same color as the background, so it is difficult to visualize without some kind of staining. However, when light passes through a material that is different from the background, there is a phase shift and this can be used to visualize the material. This is called phase contrast microscopy.
More detail:
This is for college level understanding of microscopy
