Why a Microscope Can’t See an Atom (λ = h/p) #Shorts

Why a Microscope Can’t See an Atom (λ = h/p) | Can We See an Atom #shorts

Visible light has wavelengths of 400–700 nm, but an atom is only about 0.1 nm across, far too small for light to resolve. Electrons have a de Broglie wavelength λ = h/p of just picometres, which is why an electron microscope can image atoms when a light microscope can’t.

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