Polarizing Microscope Flashcards

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Used extensively to examine transparent minerals, fragments, grains and small crystals, as well as thin sections of minerals, rocks and other crystalline aggregates

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Polarizing Microscope

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useful in the determination of the optical properties of individual crystals or aggregates and in the interpretations of textures, structures, growth patterns, and various relationship of natural or artificial substance.

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Polarizing Microscope

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used to polarize the light in one direction

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Polarizer

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It controls and illuminates light coming from the source field directed to the object field.

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Condenser

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controls cone of light catering the objective

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Aperture Iris Diaphragm

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It is useful for R. I. determination

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Aperture Iris Diaphragm

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platform for specimen

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Stage

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Fix specimen on stage

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Stage Clips

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Used for point locations and systematic traverse in a species along mutually perpendicular directions

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Mechanical Stage

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For Focusing Image (moving in cm)

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Coarse Adjustment Knob

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For Focusing Image (moving in mm)

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Fine Adjustment Knob

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holds objectives

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Revolving Nosepiece

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Essential lenses of microscope for magnification and resolution

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Objectives initial

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Magnifications of the Objectives initial

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4x, 10x, 20x, 40x

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used to **determine fast and slow directions (electric vectors) of light polarization **in crystals under view on the microscope stage by increasing or decreasing retardation of the light

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Gypsum plate

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cut to such thickness that it increases or decreases
retardation of a section by about 1/4λ (sodium light)

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mica plate

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ground to produce interference colors from the
beginning of the first to the end of the third or fourth order.

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quartz wedge

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quartz wedge equals to?

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0.009

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Beam of** light consists of a stream of minute particles, or photons,** given off at high velocity by a luminous body that travel through space in straight lines and eventually reach the eye.

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Corpuscular Theory

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Magnifications of the Objectives initial

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4x, 10x,20x, 40x

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light to be transmitted by the vibration of particle in the waves

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Wave Theory

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The phenomena of light such as reflection, refraction, diffraction and interference may be readily explained in accordance with this theory

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Wave Theory

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The (Dutch) scientist that advanced the Wave Theory

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Christian Huygens

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considers light as made up of waves but said that waves are electromagnetic

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Electromagnetic Theory

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He proposed the Electromagnetic Theory in 1873
James Clerk Maxwell
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Assuming that radiating oscillators in a black body radiate energy discontinuously in units called quanta.
Quantum Theory
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He proposed the Quantum Theory
Planck / Max Planck
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The **locus of all the points** of a medium which receives light wave disturbance simultaneously so that all points are in the same phase.
Wave Front
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A **perpendicular** drawn to the surface of a wave front at any direction of propagation of light
Wave Normal
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Direction in which the light is propagated
Ray of Light
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It is alway perpendicular to wave front
Ray of Light
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A wave normal represents a _________________
Ray of Light
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The wave normal and direction of propagation of light rays are** perpendicular to the wave front.**
Isotropic
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The light rays are** not parallel to the wave front.**
Anisotropic
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May represent a curve combining movement around a circle with motion along a straight line.
Displacement
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Lies in the wavefront and is perpendicular to the ray in isotropic media.
Vibration direction
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In ____________, Vibration direction is only perpendicular in limited directions.
anisotropic media
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Distance between two successive crests or troughs, or any corresponding distance along the wave.
Wavelength
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Surface determined at a given instant by all parts of a system of waves traveling along the same direction and in the same phase.
Wavefront
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wavefront is perpendicular only in certain directions in?
anisotropic
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Part of the microscope that we move left to right. | based on discussion
Mechanical Stage
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the amount of space between the front of the objective and the top of the coverglass, when the specimen is in focus | definition is from google but it was discussed
Free working distance
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for insertion of microscopic accessory plate
Test plate
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polarizes light
Analyzer
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for observing interference figure
Bertrand lens
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source of light of the microscope
Light source
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Concentrates light
Collector lens system
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controls light ray bundle at the source field
**Field iris diaphragm** with field iris diaphragm ring
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Approximates daylight ## Footnote note that they only use blue filter before bc the light is yellow
Filter mount with blue filter
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Holds the eye piece
Observation tube
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essential lenses of microscope for magnification or resolution conform with objectives
Eyepieces with cross hair
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for focusing eyepieces
Diopter adjustment ring
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for camera attachment in photomicrography
Photo Tube
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number of vibrations in a given unit of time.
Frequency
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maximum displacement of a wave from the line of transmission
Amplitude
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time interval necessary for a wave to undergo a complete oscillation
Period
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point of the wave with the maximum upward displacement
Crest
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point of the wave with the greatest downward displacement
Trough
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a group of light waves following along a sample path
Beam
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straight-line path followed by light in moving from one point to another
Ray
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equal to the ratio of the wave-normal velocity in a vacuum to the wave-normal velocity in the medium whether isotropic or anisotrophic
Refractive index
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light of a single wavelength
Monochromatic light
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lies parallel to the plane of the wavefront.
Light vector
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In ____________ , Light Vector is perpendicular to the direction of the propagation
isotropic
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In ______________ , Light vector is still parallel but not perpendicular to the direction of the propagation.
anisotropic
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2 Types of Vector
1. electric 2. magnetic
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measures the electrical displacement
electric
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measures the magnetic displacement or induction.
magnetic
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combination of all the different wavelengths visible to the eye
White light
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Speed of light
186,284 miles per second
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realistic virtual image with a flat field
Orthoscopic observation
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elds interference figures which represent an optical pattern caused by the behavior of light in individual crystal
Conoscopic observation