POM Olympus BX51
POM Olympus BX51
Make: Olympus Optical Co. LTD, Japan
Model: Olympus BX51
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Location: Arkavathi
Contact email: mslab@cens.res.in
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  • Microscope
  • • Transmission and Reflection mode brightfield imaging
  • • Halogen lamp light source (12V, 100W) (transmission mode)
  • • Built in filters (ND6, ND25, LBD) with flip in mounts.( (transmission mode)
  • • For reflection mode, a stand-alone light source intensity controller is kept next to the microscope.
  • • Objectives LMPlanF1 with magnification 10X/0.25, 20X/0.40, 50X/0.50
  • • Eyepiece 10X/22 w crosshair reticle
  • • Rotatable analyser
  • • Bertrand Lens
  • • Centerable Quadruple Nosepiece
  • • 360 Degree Rotating Stage
  • • Condenser with Numerical Aperture of 1.1
  • • Rotatable polarizer (transmission mode).
  • • Sample viewing – 3 settings available : (i) eye 100% (ii) 50:50 eye & camera (iii) camera 100%.
  • • Provision to insert filters in the light path
  • • Z-axis positioning with coarse/ fine movement with a vertical resolution of 2 μm.
  • Camera
  • • The 2.8-megapixel digital camera offers high color reproducibility and a fast 25 frame per second (fps) frame
  • • Image acquisition software: Olympus Stream Basic with movie recording and snapshot facility.
  • • Adjustable exposure time 50 µs to 8 seconds.
  • • Image correction during live imaging for eg: hue, gamma and brightness control.
  • • Image formats: tiff, jpeg, png and bitmap.
  • Hot stage*
  • • Temperature range: Ambient (~ 25 °C) to 375 °C with 0.1 °C resolution
  • • Heating/ cooling rate: min: 0.1 °C/ min; max: 20°C/ min
  • • Sample chamber size: 48 mm (L) x 20 mm (W) x 2 mm (H)
  • • Provision for manual sample positioning (X-Y)
  • • Sample viewing aperture: 2 mm diameter
  • • High temperature microscopy with in-situ image acquisition.
  • • Transmission mode
  • • The high temperature limit of the hot stage is 375 oC; but is generally restricted to 260 oC due to the potential heat damage it will cause to the microscope optics.
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