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Re: Centrifuge in "World Book"

The colloquial use of heavier to mean denser is probably the blunder
under question.

At 8:55 PM -0400 5/20/01, Ludwik Kowalski, you wrote about Re:
Centrifuge in "World Book":


I do not see what is wrong with the quoted description.
A tube in a centrifuge is positioned in such way that its
top is closer to the axis of rotation while its bottom is
further always from that axis. What am I missing?
Ludwik Kowalski

John Clement wrote:



>"causes the
> heavier liquid or the solid particles to move to the bottom of the
> container, leaving the lighter substances on the top."

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