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You're right: it all comes down to a balance between how big the centrifuge is and how fast you can make it spin.

The key parameter is the centrifugal acceleration on the centrifuge's rim: this is proportional to the diameter of the centrifuge times the square of the rotation frequency... or the square of the speed at the rim divided by the diameter. In terms of structural stability, smaller is better.

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by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Feb 17th, 2006 at 03:54:06 PM EST
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