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== Centrifugation Math Basics == | |||
* [http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/technical-documents/articles/biofiles/centrifugation-basics.html Sigma summary]: | |||
** sedimentation rate is proportional to RFC, and proportional to the square of the particle diameter (cell diameter). | |||
** [[image:Lidstrom_Stokes_equation.png|thumb|upright=2.0|center|Stoke's equation]] | |||
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Rotors
- Sorvall rotors
- Rotors we have:
- SS-34. Holds 8*50 mL, spins at 20,000 RPM/36,900 RCF
- GS-3.
- ____. Holds eppendorf (1.5mL) tubes
- Rotors we have:
- For reference, the benchtop 50mL centrifuges (e.g. ST-15R with a TX-400 swinging bucket rotor) we have spin at 4696 RCF.
Centrifugation Math Basics
- Sigma summary:
- sedimentation rate is proportional to RFC, and proportional to the square of the particle diameter (cell diameter).
Stoke's equation
