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Description
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This section describes the Avanti J-20XP centrifuge hardware
components and their functions. It also describes system safety
features and centrifuge controls and displays. Refer to the applicable
rotor manual for rotor descriptions.
CENTRIFUGE FUNCTION AND SAFETY FEATURES
CENTRIFUGE FUNCTION
The Avanti J-20XP is a refrigerated centrifuge that generates
centrifugal forces required for a wide variety of applications.
Together with the Beckman Coulter rotors designed for use in this
centrifuge, applications include:
• Routine processing such as sample preparations, pelleting,
extractions, purifications, concentrations, phase separations,
and spin column and spin filter centrifugations.
• Rapid sedimentation of protein precipitates, large particles, and
cell debris.
• Preparation of subcellular organelles such as mitochondria, nuclei,
chloroplasts, and crude microsomes.
• Separation of blood cells and cellular components.
• Pelleting of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
• Gradient separation, for example, Ficoll-Hypaque
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and Percoll.
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