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G. F. Hanna, a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry and a research fellow of the Agricultural Experiment Station, showing the refrigerated super centrifuge along with the refrigerated bath. The room was maintained at a temperature just above freezing and was used in preparation and fractionation of proteins, enzymes and other materials of biochemical importance that are frequently unstable at room temperature. The refrigerated bath provided even lower temperatures that might have been required for certain steps in processing. The super centrifuge rotated at speeds up to 50,000 rpm permitting separations not possible in more conventional centrifuges. Materials undergoing centrifugation could be maintained at low temperatures by circulation of coolant through coils from the refrigerated bath. Research conducted in this facility was sponsored primarily by the Agricultural Experiment Station. It was located in the Biophysical Chemistry Laboratories in Chemistry Hall (now Gilman Hall). This image is very similar to no. 1052-3-3.
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Refrigerated super centrifuge, 1951
Creator (Organization):
Iowa State University
Date Created:
1951
Description:
G. F. Hanna, a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry and a research fellow of the Agricultural Experiment Station, showing the refrigerated super centrifuge along with the refrigerated bath. The room was maintained at a temperature just above freezing and was used in preparation and fractionation of proteins, enzymes and other materials of biochemical importance that are frequently unstable at room temperature. The refrigerated bath provided even lower temperatures that might have been required for certain steps in processing. The super centrifuge rotated at speeds up to 50,000 rpm permitting separations not possible in more conventional centrifuges. Materials undergoing centrifugation could be maintained at low temperatures by circulation of coolant through coils from the refrigerated bath. Research conducted in this facility was sponsored primarily by the Agricultural Experiment Station. It was located in the Biophysical Chemistry Laboratories in Chemistry Hall (now Gilman Hall). This image is very similar to no. 1052-3-3.
Subject (Topic):
Chemistry Laboratories
Subject (Organization):
Iowa State University
Location:
Iowa--Story County Iowa
Language:
zxx
Source:
Iowa State University. Department of Chemistry records, 1883-2014
Call Number:
RS 13/6
Finding Aid Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w98b7w
Contributing Institution:
Iowa State University. Special Collections and University Archives
Publisher:
Iowa State University. Library
Extent:
11.6 x 9.0 cm
Genre:
photographs
Type:
Image
Format:
image/jpeg
Digital Collection Title:
Iowa State University photographs
Digital Collection Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9610vr73
Identifier:
universityphotographs384
Filename:
13-6-f_chemistry_1052-3-6.jpg
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w96688j6n

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