2. What is the safety hazard of working with a centrifuge? a.)The lid must be cl

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2. What is the safety hazard of working with a centrifuge?

a.)The lid must be closed while it is spinning at high speed.

b.)The centrifuge can become unbalanced and explode.

c.)The centrifuge can be unbalanced and mix the contents of the test tubes.

d.)Do not use your hand to slow or stop a centrifuge rotor. The rotor may have a burr, which could cause a severe cut, or your hand could get caught, possibly resulting in broken fingers.

2. What is the safety hazard of working with a centrifuge?

a.)The lid must be closed while it is spinning at high speed.

b.)The centrifuge can become unbalanced and explode.

c.)The centrifuge can be unbalanced and mix the contents of the test tubes.

d.)Do not use your hand to slow or stop a centrifuge rotor. The rotor may have a burr, which could cause a severe cut, or your hand could get caught, possibly resulting in broken fingers.

Explanation / Answer

The above mentioned all points can be considered as the safety hazard of working with a centrifuge.

a.) While spinning at high speed the lid must be closed because if the amount of sample is too high that can be coming out during that high speed.

b.) After long time use situation may come where centrifuge can become unbalanced and explode. In that situation, we should be careful and handle it properly.

c.) If the sample is volatile or prone to vaporize. Then at the high spinning condition, they can mix with the sample of other tubes and may get contaminated.

d.) This point is absolutely right. There is a proper programming which automatically stops the centrifuging after a certain time and if we try to stop in between while it is revolving, our hand could get caught, possibly resulting in broken fingers.

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