Lab 1 1 1 Centrifuges

Separation Processes: Centrifuges

Car going round and round 10 to 15 1 to 2 Washing machine at home 1500 625 (r=0.25m) Industrial centrifuge <15000 25000 (r=0.1m) Laboratory centrifuge 30,000 to 100,000 100,000 to 800,000 Zippe-type centrifuge* 90,000 ˘1 106 * tangential velocity >Mach 2 ˘700m.s 1 9

  Centrifuge

LABORATORY SAFETY MANUAL

LABORATORY SAFETY MANUAL NOVEMBER 2020/EDITION Environmental Health and Safety Department University of Washington Box 354400 Seattle, WA 98195-4400

  Laboratory, Safety, Laboratory safety

Introducing Automation to Your Lab

throughput to have in their lab. That simply isn’t true. This e-book debunks these and other myths of lab automation (see “Figure 1: Busting the Top 5 Automation Myths”), and shows that robots can be a great help for the majority of wetlabs.

  Automation, Lab automation

Eppendorf Tubes

2.0.1 Clip for 5 mL tubes If you are heating the tubes above 80 °C, seal them with a clip. Do not centrifuge any tubes which are sealed with a clip. 1. Push the clip onto the tube from the front. 2. Temper the device at the desired temperature. 3. When the tube has cooled down, remove the clip from the tube.