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What is centrifugation?
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Centrifugationis the process where a mixture is separated through spinning. It is used to separate skim milk from whole milk, water from your clothes, and blood cells from your blood plasma. Centrifugationis a technique used for the separation of particles from a solution according to their size, shape, density, viscosity of the medium and rotor speed.
The particles are suspended in a liquid medium and placed in acentrifuge tube.The tube is then placed in arotorand spun at a define speed.
Separation through sedimentation could be done naturally with the earth gravity, nevertheless, it would take ages.Centrifugationis making that natural process much faster.
Rotation of the rotor about a central axis generates acentrifugal forceupon the particles in the suspension.
Centrifugationis a technique used for the separation of particles from a solution according to their size, shape, density, viscosity of the medium and rotor speed.
The particles are suspended in a liquid medium and placed in acentrifuge tube.The tube is then placed in arotorand spun at a define speed.
Separation through sedimentation could be done naturally with the earth gravity, nevertheless, it would take ages.Centrifugationis making that natural process much faster.
Rotation of the rotor about a central axis generates acentrifugal forceupon the particles in the suspension.
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