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The document summarizes an experiment on centrifugation. The objective was to identify compounds that can be easily separated using a centrifuge. Various mixtures including saltwater, gatorade, Jell-O, mud, orange juice, wet sand, and unknown samples X, Y, and Z were centrifuged. Observations showed that Jell-O, sand, and gatorade separated from other mixtures. This allowed the students to determine the forces involved in centrifugal separation and understand how a centrifuge separates materials based on density.

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The document summarizes an experiment on centrifugation. The objective was to identify compounds that can be easily separated using a centrifuge. Various mixtures including saltwater, gatorade, Jell-O, mud, orange juice, wet sand, and unknown samples X, Y, and Z were centrifuged. Observations showed that Jell-O, sand, and gatorade separated from other mixtures. This allowed the students to determine the forces involved in centrifugal separation and understand how a centrifuge separates materials based on density.

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The document summarizes an experiment on centrifugation. The objective was to identify compounds that can be easily separated using a centrifuge. Various mixtures including saltwater, gatorade, Jell-O, mud, orange juice, wet sand, and unknown samples X, Y, and Z were centrifuged. Observations showed that Jell-O, sand, and gatorade separated from other mixtures. This allowed the students to determine the forces involved in centrifugal separation and understand how a centrifuge separates materials based on density.

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Martija, Nelykah Rianne P.

April 22, 2019


CH42FB1 Engr. Efren B. Chavez

Experiment No. 10
CENTRIFUGATION

1. Objective:
To identify what common compounds can be easily separated out in a centrifuge.
2. Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs):
The students shall be able to:
2.1 determine the forces developed in a centrifugal separation.
2.2 understand how does a centrifuge separate materials from one another.

3. Discussion:

Centrifugal separators make use of the common principle that an object whirled about an axis or center point at
a constant radial distance from the point is acted on by a force. The object being whirled about an axis is constantly
changing direction and is thus accelerating, even though the rotational speed is constant. This centripetal force acts
in a direction toward the center of rotation.
If the object being rotated is a cylindrical container, the contents of fluid and solids exert an equal and opposite
force, called centrifugal force, outward to the walls of the container. This is the force that causes settling or
sedimentation of particles through a layer of liquid or filtration of a liquid through a bed of filter cake held inside a
perforated rotating chamber.
In Figure 10.1.a a cylindrical bowl is shown rotating with a slurry feed of solid particles and liquid being admitted
at the center. The feed enters and is immediately thrown outward to the walls of the container, as in Fig. 10.1.b. The
liquid and solids are now acted upon by the vertical gravitational force and the horizontal centrifugal force. The
centrifugal force is usually so large that the force of gravity may be neglected. The liquid layer then assumes the
equilibrium position, with the surface almost vertical. The particles settle horizontally outward and press against the
vertical bowl wall.

Fig. 10.1 Sketch of centrifugal separation: (a) initial slurry feed entering, (b) settling of solids from a liquid, (c) separation of two liquid fractions.
In Fig. 10.1.c two liquids having different densities are being separated by the centrifuge. The denser fluid will occupy the outer periphery, since the
centrifugal force on it is greater.

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4. Resources:
Apparatus: Centrifuge Machine
Materials: saltwater gatorade unknown X
Jell-O mud unknown Y
wet sand orange juice unknown Z

5. Procedure:

1. Gather together the materials you wish to separate out


2. Pour each of them into the centrifuge containers.
3. Label each container with the materials you have placed inside.
4. Place the containers in the centrifuge and spin the materials at a high speed.
5. Allow the centrifuge come to a rest.
6. Take out the containers and record the results.
7. Identify the unknown materials X, Y, and Z by solving its density.

6. Data and Results:

Name of Compound Material 1 Material 2 Separated Out? Separated into Separated into
material 1 material 2

Orange Juice Gatorade No

Orange Juice Jell-O Yes Orange Juice Jell-O

Gatorade Jell-O Yes Gatorade Jell-O

Sand Water Yes Sand Water

Sand Jell-O Yes Sand Jell-O

Gatorade Sand Yes Gatorade Sand

Unknown X: __________________
Unknown Y: __________________
Unknown Z: __________________

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7. Calcuations:

8. Conclusion:

I therefore conclude that we determined the forces developed using the centrifugal machine by separating
the materials from one another. We understood the advantages and disadvantages of the usage of machine and
how did the centrifuge separate the materials. We were able to identify what common compounds can be easily
separated out using the machine.

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