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Food Packaging Seals under the Microscope Microscope World recently worked with a customer that needed to view the quality of their sealant on food packaging. In particular they needed to see the seal of a potato chip bag. A metallurgical microscope was used along with a camera with extended depth of focus software (also known as z-stacking software). Below are the images that were captured of the …

Swift Microscope Information Microscope World has sold Swift microscopes for fifteen years. Historically the Swift brand has been a solid work-horse brand of educational microscopes that are manufactured in China. Swift manufactures compound microscopes, stereo microscopes, and digital microscopes. Swift Compound Microscopes Swift compound microscopes are popular in schools throughout the United …

Wastewater Treatment Organism Identification A wastewater treatment microscope can be used to identify a number of different organisms during the water treatment process. Below is a guide to identifying these organisms and a few notes on what the organism identification might indicate. Wastewater activated sludge is made up of approximately: 4% Protozoa 1% Metazoa 95% Bacteria Common Protozoa i …

Beta-Alanine and L-Glutamine Under the Microscope Harald K Andersen lives in Norway and captured this image of the amino acids Beta-Alanine and L-Glutamine under the polarizing microscope. He used a 10x objective and 20 images stacked using Zerene Stacker PMax. What is Beta-Alanine? Beta-alanine is a non-essential amino acid that is produced naturally in the human body. Beta-alanine aids in the p …