You can pellet out an impurity in a given centrifuge in 40 mins at 5000 g. What centrifugal force would you need to get the same result in 20 minutes?
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Acceleration (a) = g x g-force where g = 9.8 m/s^2 (acceleration due to gravity) Given that the g-force is 5000 g, we can calculate the acceleration as follows: a = 9.8 m/s^2 x 5000 = 49000 m/s^2 Show more…
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