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Why is It Not Possible to See an Atom Even with the Most Powerful Microscope ?

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Why is it not possible to see an atom even with the most powerful microscope ?

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Atoms are the building blocks of nature. They are tiniest particles in nature and optical microscopes cannot magnify the image of such a tiny object, so that becomes visible to us. It is possible to watch an atom under an electron microscope.

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Chapter 3: Atoms and Molecules - Very Short Answers [Page 129]

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Lakhmir Singh Chemistry [English] Class 9
Chapter 3 Atoms and Molecules
Very Short Answers | Q 16 | Page 129

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