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Centrifugation(medicine)
centrifugation, isopycnic(medicine)
centrifugation, zonal(medicine)
equilibrium centrifugation(medicine)
band centrifugation(medicine)
zone centrifugation(medicine)
differential centrifugation(medicine)
density gradient centrifugation(medicine)
centrifugation, density gradient(medicine)

Centrifugation (medicine)


centrifugation
<procedure> The process of separating fractions of systems in a centrifuge. The most basic separation is to sediment a pellet at the bottom of the tube, leaving a supernatant at a given centrifugal force.

In this case sedimentation is determined by size and density of the particles in the system amongst other factors.

Density may be used as a basis for sedimentation in density gradient centrifugation. at very high g values molecules may be separated, i.e. Ultracentrifugation. In continuous centrifugation the supernatant is removed continuously as it is formed.