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Non-trivial Balance of Centrifuge Rotors

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https://doi.org/10.31224/osf.io/4xs38

Keywords:

centrifuge problem, blank tube, prime number, linear combination, rotational symmetry, random sampling

Abstract

Centrifuges are indispensable instruments in ecotoxicology laboratories. For the safe operation of centrifuges, ensuring balance is a must. Loading test tubes in opposite holes and adding dummy tubes are far from the only ways to balance the centrifuge rotors. The balance can be sought with higher-order symmetrical configurations of tubes, which offer operational advantages, particularly in dealing with tubes of unequal mass. Since the higher-order symmetrical configurations are a bit complicated, an open-source tool was introduced to assist laboratory workers in the adoption of this non-trivial approach.

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2020-01-28 — Updated on 2022-08-23

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