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Stage

provides a surface for the slide to be placed

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Abbe condenser

directly under the stage with two sets of lenses that collect and concentrate light as it passes upward into the lens system

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Body tube

above the stage and attached to the arm of the microscope. Houses the lens system. Upper end contains the ocular or eyepiece lens

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How do you calculate total magnification

the number on the lens x 10

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What does a higher numerical aperture mean?

the more light collected by the lens

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what does refractive index measure?

how much light bends when it passes from one medium to another.

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Why do we use immersion oil?

minimizes light refraction since it bends light less than air

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When to use refractive oil

only on lens that say "oil"