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Microscope Slides Cut from Sheet, Coverslips from a Blown Bubble
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Microscope Slides Cut from Sheet, Coverslips from a Blown Bubble

A microscope slide is a strip of plain glass about 75 × 25 mm and 1 mm thick with smoothed edges; a coverslip is a much thinner square that presses the specimen flat. Cut the slides from thin sheet and grind the edges; for coverslips, blow a thin bubble on a glass tube and cut flat pieces from it. The picture: a tray of early 20th-century prepared slides under coverslips, museum of the Institut Pasteur de Lille.
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Cut the slides

Mark thin glass sheet in 25 mm strips, score and snap them, then score and snap each strip at 75 mm.

Vifaa kwa hatua hii:

Bamba la kiooBamba la kioo1 kipande

Zana zinazohitajika:

Kikata kiooKikata kioo
RulaRula
Miwani ya usalamaMiwani ya usalama
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Grind the edges

Rub every edge and corner on a flat glass plate with wet fine grit until smooth to the touch. Wash and dry.

Vifaa kwa hatua hii:

MajiMaji1 lita

Zana zinazohitajika:

Kipima-unene cha dijitali cha inchi 6Kipima-unene cha dijitali cha inchi 6
Chembechembe za kabidi ya silikoniChembechembe za kabidi ya silikoni
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Blow a thin bubble

Close the end of a glass tube in the torch, heat it evenly and blow a large, very thin bubble, turning it as you blow (our method).

Vifaa kwa hatua hii:

Seti ya Mirija ya KiooSeti ya Mirija ya Kioo1 kipande

Zana zinazohitajika:

Kichomeo cha mezani cha kupuliza kiooKichomeo cha mezani cha kupuliza kioo
Miwani ya usalamaMiwani ya usalama
Glavu Zinazostahimili JotoGlavu Zinazostahimili Joto
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Cut coverslips

When cold, break the bubble and pick the flattest pieces from its sides. Trim them to small squares with the cutter and check the thickness with the caliper; keep only even, thin pieces.

Zana zinazohitajika:

Kikata kiooKikata kioo
Kipima-unene cha dijitali cha inchi 6Kipima-unene cha dijitali cha inchi 6
Miwani ya usalamaMiwani ya usalama
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Store clean

Wash slides and coverslips and keep them apart in a closed jar so they stay free of dust and grease.

Vifaa kwa hatua hii:

MajiMaji1 lita

Zana zinazohitajika:

Chupa ya KiooChupa ya Kioo
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Slides from a sheet

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Limits

Slide size and edge finish are as Wikipedia gives them; the blown-bubble coverslips are our method. Blown coverslips vary in thickness: measure them, since the wrong thickness blurs high-power images.

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