Abstract:
A photoelectric scanner associated with an ultracentrifuge can be calibrated by rotating in the ultracentrifuge a sample cell having, in place of a centerpiece containing sample solution, a disc having two slits, one slit having substantially uniform width, the other slit having stepwise graduated width, and comparing the output signal of the scanner with the known differences in width between the two slits of the disc.
Abstract:
In a centrifuge including a centrifuge rotor and driving means for spinning the rotor at selected rotational speeds the improvement comprising a device for interrupting power to the driving means in the event of excessive rotor oscillations including an actuating means carried solely by the centrifuge rotor and switch means mounted in spaced relation to the lower peripheral portion of the rotor adjacent to the path of travel of the actuating means and in electrical circuit with the driving means.