Centrifuge
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- OBJECT TYPE
- eight place/angle
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2000.0106.007
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- SER VALL SS-34
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- SC-2401
- Part Number
- 7
- Total Parts
- 8
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASINGS, CONTAINERS, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- 13.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 22.5 cm
- 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
-
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
-
Rotating device used to separate mixture or suspension of materials of similar densities by means of centrifugal force. - Technical
-
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
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Incised lettering reading "SER VALL/ TYPE SS-34/ MADE IN U.S.A.". Each sample holder place is numbered 1 to 8. Incised on bottom "SC-2401". Handwritten in blue ink "RC-2".
- Missing
- 8 SAMPLE HOLDERS
- Finish
- Non-ferrous silver metal.
- Decoration
- N/A
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