Measurements With The Microscope; Linear Measurements - Leica DM2000 Bedienungsanleitung

10. Measurements with the Microscope

10. Measurements with the Microscope

10.1 Linear Measurements

The following are required for linear measure-
ments:
- Graticule with scale division in eyepiece or
HC FSA 25 PE tube with diapositive overlay
device or a digital linear measuring eyepiece
- Stage micrometer for calibration.
Micrometer Value
The micrometer value of the objective-eyepiece
combination used must be known before the
measurement, i.e. the distance in the specimen
that corresponds to the length of a division on
the graticule used.
Calibration:
• Align the stage micrometer and the graticule
parallel to each other by rotating the eyepiece
and adjust the zero marks of both scales to
exactly the same height.
• Read how many scale divisions of the stage
micrometer correpond to how many on the
microscope scale (graticule).
• Divide the two values. The result is the mi-
crometer value for the total magnification that
has just been used.
Example:
If 1.220 mm of the stage micrometer corresponds to 50
divisions of the measurement scale, the micrometer
value is 1.220:50 = 0.0244 mm = 24.4 µm. For extremely
low objective magnifications it may be that only part of
the measurement scale can be used for calibration.
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Notes:
Remember to take the additional magnification
value into consideration! We strongly recom-
mend you calibrate each objective separately
instead of extrapolating the micrometer values
of the other objectives from the calibration of
one objective.
Measurement errors may occur if the eyepiece
is not pushed into the tube as far as the stop.
Particularly large object structures can also be
measured on the stage with the verniers (0.1 mm);
the distance to be measured can be calculated
from a combined x and y measurement.