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Transmission Electron Microscope
A JEOL JEM 1200 EXII. Allows users to perform conventional TEM with thin-sectioned specimens, X-ray microanalysis, and other transmission electron microscopy with specimens prepared using other methods.
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The TEM can give you 100 times better resolution than the best light microscope. This is possible because electrons accelerated through a series of electromagnetic lenses behave as if they have extremely short wavelengths and can be focused to form a real, enlarged image in the same way that light can be focused by glass lenses. This short wavelength enables the TEM to optically separate two points only 2 angstroms apart!
Because electrons are so small and light, biological samples must be specially prepared and cut into 50 nm thick slices for viewing in the TEM.