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Technology / Re: Centrifugation technology - What can it be used for in our modern world?
« on: 05/07/2021 09:54:51 »
Centrifugal force is used in many different ways:
- My vacuum cleaner uses centrifugal force to separate out dust from air. Larger versions are used in industry to separate dust from the air.
- Large centrifuges are used to train astronauts and military pilots to withstand high-G conditions. Smaller versions provide thrills in theme parks.
- Small centrifuges are used to separate different components of a blood sample (or other mixtures with different density)
- James Watt used centrifugal force to control the speed of his early steam engine, which reduced the number of them that exploded...
- Centrifugal force helps the ISS stay in a circular, zero-g orbit, despite the fact that it is tugged on by the Earth's gravity. (You could say the same for the Earth orbiting the Sun.)
Some people argue whether centrifugal force is a real force,
- or maybe that centriptetal force is a better definition of it
- or just a result of Newton's law that says "objects tend to carry on in a straight line unless acted upon by a force". Forcing something into a circle diverts it from it's "natural" straight line.
- My vacuum cleaner uses centrifugal force to separate out dust from air. Larger versions are used in industry to separate dust from the air.
- Large centrifuges are used to train astronauts and military pilots to withstand high-G conditions. Smaller versions provide thrills in theme parks.
- Small centrifuges are used to separate different components of a blood sample (or other mixtures with different density)
- James Watt used centrifugal force to control the speed of his early steam engine, which reduced the number of them that exploded...
- Centrifugal force helps the ISS stay in a circular, zero-g orbit, despite the fact that it is tugged on by the Earth's gravity. (You could say the same for the Earth orbiting the Sun.)
Some people argue whether centrifugal force is a real force,
- or maybe that centriptetal force is a better definition of it
- or just a result of Newton's law that says "objects tend to carry on in a straight line unless acted upon by a force". Forcing something into a circle diverts it from it's "natural" straight line.
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