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pallidin
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Greetings. I know that a centrifuge can "seperate" different elements by virtue of centrifugal force, but what effect does a centrifuge have on the atomic geometry of individual atoms?
That is, since the nucleus of an atom is generally more massive than the collective orbiting electrons, does a centrifuge "distort" an otherwise "balanced" geometry of the atom?
Is is possible to "rip" the nucleus out of an atom by extreme centrifugal force?
That is, since the nucleus of an atom is generally more massive than the collective orbiting electrons, does a centrifuge "distort" an otherwise "balanced" geometry of the atom?
Is is possible to "rip" the nucleus out of an atom by extreme centrifugal force?