Describe the details you were able to see when viewing specimens with the scanning electron microscope in the microscope activity.

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anonymous · Answer

This depends on what you saw probbaly during the lab, I suppose, so I can't help you on this one. Sorry!

anonymous · Answer

Scanning electron microscopes (SEM) are useful for studying the details of a specimen’s surface. The electron beam scans the specimen’s surface, which is coated with a thin layer of gold metal. The electrons that scatter off of the gold-coated surface are focused onto a screen, forming a detailed image of the specimen surface. The image is three-dimensional and black and white.