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Svedberg (unit) definition

Sved·berg (unit) (sfed′bərg)

noun

a unit of time, equal to 10 second, used in determining the rate of sedimentation of a macromolecule in an ultracentrifuge

Etymology: after The(odor) Svedberg (1884-1971), Swed chemist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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The definition is incomplete. Ten seconds is not a Svedberg unit. I have found it to be 10 to the minus 13th power. I don't know how to represent it in these fonts. Have it checked out by someone who knows about physics and centrifugation.

Posted by jof 27 days ago.

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