•Very
high magnification
–Best
LM, perhaps 1500x
–First-generation
TEM, 50,000x
–Current
instruments > 300,000x
•More
limited on biological specimens
•Very
high resolution
–Much
more important than magnification!
•Best
LM, 0.1 mm
•First-generation
TEMs, < 20 Å (200 nm)
•Current instruments < 3.0 Å
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