ork concentration profile c(r) of molecules in a centrifuge, which is Nelson's Eq. A sample is spinning at an angular velocity w (in radians/sec). The net mass or effective mass (as in our earlier lemonade problem) is mnet. From the view of molecules spinning at a distance r from the axis of spinning, there is an outwards force (the centrifugal force) f(r) = mnetw^2r (the same thing as mnetv2/r). You'll need to remember how this force gives you a potential energy that is seen by the molecules. It's this potential energy that should ho used in a Boltzmann distribution

ork concentration profile c(r) of molecules in a centrifuge, which is Nelson's Eq. A sample is spinning at an angular velocity w (in radians/sec). The net mass or effective mass (as in our earlier lemonade problem) is mnet. From the view of molecules spinning at a distance r from the axis of spinning, there is an outwards force (the centrifugal force) f(r) = mnetw^2r (the same thing as mnetv2/r). You'll need to remember how this force gives you a potential energy that is seen by the molecules. It's this potential energy that should ho used in a Boltzmann distribution