Micro Centrifuge

A microcentrifuge, also called a microfuge, is an important piece of lab equipment; it is used to spin small (2 ml or less) liquid samples at high speeds (generally tens of thousands times g-force). Centrifugation of small samples is important for many biological applications, such as pelleting nucleic acids or proteins from solution, microfiltration of small aqueous samples or simply to gather those last precious drops of liquid into the bottom of the tube. Most often, microcentrifuges are small, compact benchtop centrifuges with a small footprint, available in refrigerated or non-refrigerated (ventilated) models.