Centrifuge
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- OBJECT TYPE
- six place/angle
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2000.0106.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- SER VALL GSA
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- GSA.1303
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 8
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Non-ferrous metal and synthetic
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 30.5 cm
- Height
- 14.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Chemistry
- Category
- Laboratory equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Piece of chemistry laboratory equipment used at national research council of Canada, one of Canada’s foremost research establishments in number of scientific & technological areas. - Function
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Rotating device used to separate mixture or suspension of materials of similar densities by means of centrifugal force. - Technical
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Bench model which could hold up to 6 or 8 samples, operating at typical speeds of 14-20,000 rpm with resultant centrifugal force causing suspended particulate matter to be forces to bottom of sample tubes, thereby allowing liquid and/or solids to be analyzed separately or to be used in other compounds or experiments. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Incised print reads "SER VALL R [registered]/ TYPE GSA/ MADE IN U.S.A.". Each sample holder place is numbered 1 to 6. Incised print on bottom reads "GSA.1303". Handwritten print on side reads "RC-2".
- Missing
- Motor and .1 sample holder cover.
- Finish
- Non-ferrous silver metal. Red synthetic lip on the bottom of centrifuges #5.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Centrifuge, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2000.0106, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0106.001/
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