Centrifuge
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A centrifuge is a device with a motor in it, which is used to spin an object with high speed. This high speed spinning forces the object outwards. This force is used for several purposes:
- a uranium centrifuge is used to separate two isotopes of uranium (named U-235 and U-238) from each other;[1]
- in medical laboratories, serum is separated from the blood samples using a centrifuge;
- in chemical laboratories, centrifuges are used to subtract solid parts of an emultion from its liquid parts.
- huge centrifuges are used by NASA to expose astronauts to high forces for their training.[2]
[change] References
- ↑ What's a uranium centrifuge?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved on 24 July 2007.
- ↑ What is a Centrifuge?. Retrieved on 24 July 2007.
| Laboratory | |
|---|---|
| Equipment | Agar plate - Aspirator - Bunsen burner - Calorimeter - Colorimeter - Centrifuge - Fume hood - Microscope - Microtiter plate - Plate reader - Spectrophotometer - Thermometer - Vortex mixer - Static mixer |
| Flasks | Erlenmeyer flask, Florence flask, Volumetric flask, Büchner flask |
| Other Glassware |
Beaker - Boiling tube - Büchner funnel - Burette - Conical measure - Crucible - Cuvette - Gas syringe - Graduated cylinder - Pipette - Petri dish - Separating funnel - Soxhlet extractor - Test tube - Thistle tube - Watch glass |
