true or false you can use a light microscope to see atoms and fabric

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Physics

Adrien

26 November, 15:16

true or false you can use a light microscope to see atoms and fabric

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Joe Olsen · Answer 1

False you can use a light microscope to see fabric but not atoms

Sydney Wagner · Answer 2

Visible light has a wavelength of 400-700nm, which means light microscopes cannot see anything smaller than this. Atoms are much smaller than this, so they are not visible to light microscopes.