Microscope slides & cover glasses

A slide is the glass a specimen sits on. A cover glass is the thin sheet over it, of a thickness the objective was designed for. A cover glass of the wrong thickness softens the image. Charged and plain slides hold sections differently.

A light microscope forms an image with glass lenses and transmitted or reflected light. A stereo microscope is the lower-magnification instrument for dissecting and for looking at a surface. Fluorescence needs a light source and filters matched to the dye. Histology is the preparation that makes a tissue readable: fixation, a cassette, a section, a stain. The objective's magnification and numerical aperture decide the resolution. The slide and the cover glass decide whether the section sits in the focal plane. Stains and dyes as substances are identified on PubChem. Papers on the methods are on PubMed.

This shelf belongs to Microscopy & histology, inside Lab instruments. Luminix Health distributes this range for laboratory use.

The neighbouring shelves are Microscope objectives, eyepieces & optics, Histology cassettes & moulds, Counting chambers & haemocytometers, Stereo microscopes, Light & fluorescence microscopes, Histology reagents & consumables, Microscopy accessories, Cold light sources & lighting and Digital & USB microscopes. The category above this shelf is Microscopy & histology.

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