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centrifugation
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centrifugation is a process separating molecules by size or density using centrifugal forces generated by a spinning rotor. G-forces of several hundred thousand times gravity are generated in ultracentrifugation
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centrifugation
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adapted from http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/003/X3910E/X3910E06.htm
editor preferred term
centrifugation
example of usage
PMID: 18428461.Purification of oligodendrocytes and their progenitors using immunomagnetic separation and Percoll gradient centrifugation. Curr Protoc Neurosci. 2001 May;Chapter 3:Unit 3.12.
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Philippe Rocca-Serra
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Subclass of:
- material component separation
- has participant some centrifuge
- achieves_planned_objective some separation into different composition objective
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