Question

The process used to squeeze out water from wet clothes in a washing machine is known as ____________.

Answer 1

• Centrifugation is the process by which fine insoluble solids are removed from a liquid-solid mixture b rotating at a high speed in a machine called a centrifuge.
• Due to the high speed of the machine, the solids are pushed towards the walls of the machine and the liquid remains at the center.
• In washing machines, this principle is used to squeeze out water from wet clothes. The clothes are placed in a perforated drum.
• As the drum is rotated at high speed, the clothes are pushed forcefully towards the wall of the drum of the container.
• Since there are holes in the drum, the water drains out and the clothes get dried.

Therefore, the process used to squeeze out water from wet clothes in a washing machine is known as centrifugation.