Ultraview Vox Objectives

Objective Lenses

Magnification

Immersion

Type

NA

WD (mm)

10X

Air

Plan Apo

0.45

4

20X

Air

CFI Plan Apochromat VC

0.75

1

40X

Air

CFI Plan Fluor 

0.75

0.72

60X

Oil

CFI Plan Apochromat

1.4

0.13

100X

Oil

CFI Plan Apochromat VC

1.4

0.13

60X WI

Water

CFI Plan Apochromat

1.2

0.27

All lenses are corrected for #1.5 coverslips (0.17 micron thick). NA = Numerical Aperture, WD = Working Distance

There is a choice of three immersion oils:

Oil

Refractive Index

For use with...

Kept in...

Cargille Type HF

1.518 (at 23ºC)

Oil lenses at room temperature

Tray outside environmental chamber

Cargille Type 37

1.518 (at 37°C)

Oil lenses at 37ºC

Tray inside environmental chamber

Zeiss Immersol W

1.334 (at 23ºC)

Water immersion lens only

Tray inside environmental chamber

Note that Cargille Type 37 is optimal for use at 37ºC but introduces spherical aberrations when imaging beyond about 10 μm in aqueous media because it is not refractive indexed matched to water. Zeiss Immersol W in combination with the 60x WI lens might be a better choice in this case but its RI is corrected for use at room temperature and won't be correct at 37 degrees.

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