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Offline AnotherMole

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Utility of compound microscope?
« on: October 24, 2015, 04:47:51 PM »
I'm interested in exploring chemistry and have been trying to determine if there is any purpose to buying a compound microscope. Would it benefit my learning at all?

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Re: Utility of compound microscope?
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2015, 05:52:05 PM »
It comes up from time to time, and I have to ask, what will you look at under the microscope, that will answer a question you have about chemistry.
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Re: Utility of compound microscope?
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2015, 06:54:09 PM »
Exactly, being inexperienced I wanted to ask but the only thing I could imagine using a microscope for would be inspecting structures that form.

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Re: Utility of compound microscope?
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2015, 03:23:16 AM »
Please elaborate on what you mean by "structures".
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Re: Utility of compound microscope?
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2015, 09:57:26 PM »
I have no idea. I'm interested in exploring and learning chemistry but at the moment I have very little knowledge about it - hence the questions.

I thought that maybe different crystal or mineral like structures could form.

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