How spinning of centrifuge speed up separation process


Health professionals use a device called a centrifuge to separate the different components of blood. If you allow a sample to sit long enough, Earth's gravity will cause it to separate on its own. This happens because the liquids and solids in blood have different densities. The denser solids sink to the bottom of a test tube, while less dense liquids rise to the top. To speed up the process of separation, a centrifuge spins blood sample tubes at high speeds in uniform circular motion. How does the spinning of the centrifuge speed up the separation process?

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