How to Keep the Olympus Microscope Light Path Clear
The light path of a microscope consists of an eyepiece, an objective lens, an upper or lower light source, and a light box. This several parts composed of a light path system, if one of the problems, will lead to the whole system can not be working. Below I give you a brief explanation of how to ensure the clarity of the microscope light path!
1: the surface of the eyepiece objective lens lens is most susceptible to dust and dirt and oil staining, when found that the lining, clarity is reduced, fogging occurs, then you need to use a magnifying glass to carefully check the eyepiece, objective lens in front of the lens condition.
2: to ensure that the optical performance of the microscope is very important, when the microscope is not used, the microscope should be covered with the dust cover provided by the instrument. If the optical surface and the instrument has dust and dirt, before wiping the surface should be blown away by blowing balloon to remove dust or use a soft brush to remove dirt.
3: Optical surfaces should be cleaned with a lint-free cotton cloth, lens paper or cotton swabs moistened with a special lens cleaning solution. Cleaning should avoid the use of too much solvent, mirror paper or cotton swabs should be properly wet with solvent but not because of the use of too much solvent and penetrate into the objective lens, resulting in a decline in the clarity of the objective lens and objective lens damage.
4: Low-magnification objectives have a fairly large front group of lenses that can be wiped with a cotton cloth or cotton swab wrapped around the finger and wiping paper wet with ethanol. 40X, 100X need to be carefully examined using a magnifying glass with extra care. In order to achieve a high degree of flatness in the high-magnification lens, a front group of lenses with a small radius of curvature concave surface is applied, when wiping this group of lenses with a toothpick or cotton swab with a cotton ball to clean. Wipe the surface of the lens gently. Do not use excessive force and a scraping motion, and be sure to touch the concave surface of the lens beforehand. After cleaning with a magnifying glass to check whether the objective lens is damaged, if you have to go to open the barrel of the observation lens, be careful not to touch the barrel of the exposed lens below the lens, the lens surface, such as fingerprints will reduce the clarity of the image should be used to clean the objective lens and eyepieces for wiping the method.
