Talk:Centrifuge
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Some discussion of where centrifugal force comes from?
The discussion on where the centrifugal force comes from could be a little complicated since it isn't a real force.
[edit] What is the highest acceleration of a centrifuge?
It would be nice to include this piece of info. What are the uber-centribuge, who makes/made them, where were/are they used?
One link: A special 750 Gs centrifuge able to handle test items weighing up to 250 pounds is believed to possess the highest such capability in the nation. http://www.ntscorp.com/services/service_detail.php?id=189
What is RCF (Relative Centrifugal Force)? "Minimum RCF is 13,400 g ([1])"
what would happen if a goldfish were centrifuged? Would it separate the liquid in the fish from the solid?
- depends on how hard you centrifuge it :) Jaeger5432 15:38, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
To add to an above question, what is RCF mesaured in? Gees?
Apparently it is measured in g's. Technically, there is no such thing as "centrifugal force". I don't remember everything my college physics professor explained, but the relative force associated centrifugally has to do with one's inertia. Gees probably would be the best way to measure the force, as I mention below about the purification of oils, it is compared to gravity separation, so a comparison in gees makes the most sense. Hengineer 07:58, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] uses
Dairy cream separator used a centrefuge.. -- Librarianofages 04:27, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
I might add it later but centrifuges in a non-laboratory setup are often used for seperating two liquids at a fast rate (increasing the "g's", so to speak increases the seperation rate. In shipboard applications, especially, "Purifiers/Clarifiers" (I found the closest thing under Sedimentation, the Engine_room page contains a reference to Purifiers, along with Second_Assistant_Engineer, oh and here is an external link of a picture of one: [2])are used for purification (removing water and sediment), and clarification (removing just the sediment) of farine fuel oils(fuel oil) or lubricating oils(Mineral_oil).Hengineer 00:00, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
