Oil in a 10x objective

Posted by Steve Ruzin on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/Oil-in-a-10x-objective-tp2545827.html

Can anyone come up with a plausible explanation as to how oil got
into the 10x objective on our LSM510 with an upright stand? Yesterday
someone complained about poor imaging through the objective, and I
discovered that there was a bubble of oil trapped between internal
elements. I'm at a loss as to how someone got oil inside this low
mag, non-immersion lens. Any ideas?

Steve...
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