Making a Wet Mount for Microscopy

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon
Upgrade to the latest Flash Player for improved playback performance. Upgrade now or more info.
13,145
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on Aug 13, 2010

The video illustrates how to make a wet mounted specimen slide.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

License:

Standard YouTube License

  • likes, 2 dislikes

Link to this comment:

Share to:

Uploader Comments (microbehuntercom)

  • @ 6:39 - 6:46 "..otherwise you won't get the optimum RESOLUTION."

    Could you clarify this point a little more?

    Very informative video! Great techniques I have never seen. I especially like the last technique for larger/thicker specimen.

  • @huyked The mounting medium (water) is very important. The effect of the water is stronger the higher the numerical aperture of the objective (for low N.A., such as the 4x objective, this is pretty irrelevant). Without water many light rays from the specimen do not reach the objective, because they are bent away. There are simply too many air-glass transitions. With water more light rays (= more information) is able to reach the objective and the resolution as well as the brightness are higher.

Top Comments

  • thumbs up if ur using this for home work :D

  • This video is Absolutely brilliant...best video about slide making on youtube :P

see all

All Comments (14)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • helped me a lot! thankss :)

  • How do you get minimal air bubbles

  • Thanks you helped I got a 100-900x microscope

  • @microbehuntercom

    Oh! Kind of like immersion oil usage for the 100x objectives. Hmm. That makes sense... sort of. I'll have to test this out to see for myself when I can get my hands on a microscope (hopefully this week at a college lab). I'm hoping that a 40x (or anything higher than that, but below 100x oil) objective lens will show the difference in resolution (not depth of field, but what I'm assuming to be actual detail difference, or sharpness... e.g. resolution) of the specimen. Thx

  • i have a exam tomorrow and this help me a lot THANKS MATE :)

Loading...
Alert icon
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more