The
acceleration of a component as a result of a uniform rotational motion. Centrifugal
acceleration is a vector quantity.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 897
(Quantities and units for centrifugation in the clinical laboratory (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 900
PAC, 1996, 68, 957
(Glossary of terms in quantities and units in Clinical Chemistry (IUPAC-IFCC Recommendations 1996))
on page 965
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
doi:10.1351/goldbook.
