Centrifuge

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Digital centrifuge used in medical laboratory

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 emulsion from its liquid parts.
  • large centrifuges are used by NASA to expose astronauts to high forces for their training.[2]

Centrifuge Media

  • A 19th-century hand-cranked laboratory centrifuge.

  • Samples placed in a small laboratory centrifuge

  • Whole blood is often separated, using a centrifuge, into components for storage and transport

  • The 20 g centrifuge at the NASA Ames Research Center

  • Sugar centrifugal machines for separating sugar crystals

References

  1. ↑ What's a uranium centrifuge?HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
  2. ↑ What is a Centrifuge?. Retrieved 2007-07-24.


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