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The Microtome
• Sharp razor - earliest form of microtomy
• Modern microtomes are precision instruments
designed to cut uniformly thin sections of a variety
of materials for detailed microscopic examination.
– 1,800x, the thickness of a section (1 and 10
microns or thin sections
– For EM, several hundred thousands
magnification (10 nm or ultra-thin sections)
Parts of the Microtome
1. Base (microtome body)