Ultracentrifugation (Noun)
Meaning
Centrifugation at very high speeds.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The lab technician carefully set up the equipment for ultracentrifugation, a crucial step in isolating the proteins from the cell sample.
- Ultracentrifugation was used to separate the various components of the mixture based on their density and size.
- By employing ultracentrifugation techniques, researchers were able to study the structural composition of the virus.
- The new ultracentrifugation device was capable of spinning samples at speeds of up to 100,000 times the force of gravity.
- In this study, ultracentrifugation was utilized to purify the recombinant protein expressed in the bacterial cells.