Instrument: Beckman Coulter Optima TLX Ultracentrifuge

Type

Biological Instrumentation

Facility

1118 Chevron Science Center

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Description

The Beckman TLX-100 bench top ultracentrifuge is used to pellet small samples (typically 1-2 mL volume per tube) at very high speed. The instrument is capable of reaching speeds of 125,000 rpm (600,000 xG) and allows to user to control the sample temperature. Two titanium fixed angle rotors are available, a Ti102.1 rotor and a Ti102.2 rotor.