Question

List the uses and limitations of an electron microscope.

Answer 1

Uses and limitations of electron microscope.

Uses:

The electron microscope is used:

i) In Industry, to study structure of textile fibres, surface of metals, composition of paints etc.

ii) In medicine and biology it is used to study virus and bacteria.

iii) In physics, it has been used in the investigation of atomic structure and structure of crystals.

Limitations:

An electron microscope is operated only in high vacuum. This prohibits the use of the microscope to study living organisms which would evaporate and disintegrate under such conditions.