A vortex mixer is a simple device used most commonly in cell culture and microbiology laboratories to suspend cells, although it can be used to mix many other substances. It consists of an electric motor with the drive shaft oriented vertically and attached to a cupped rubber piece mounted slightly off-center. As the motor runs the rubber piece oscillates rapidly in a circular motion. When a test tube or other appropriate container is pressed into the rubber cup (or touched to its edge) the motion is transmitted to the liquid inside and a vortex is created. Most vortex mixers have variable speed settings and can be set to run continuously, or to run only when downward pressure is applied to the rubber piece. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1044x1659, 93 KB) Summary This image was taken by Ê€6ÊÉ‘Ê89 on 2006-01-04 at The University of Delaware. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1044x1659, 93 KB) Summary This image was taken by Ê€6ÊÉ‘Ê89 on 2006-01-04 at The University of Delaware. ... Epithelial cells in culture, stained for keratin (red) and DNA (green) Cell culture is the term applied when cells are grown in a synthetic environment. ... An agar plate streaked with microorganisms Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, which are unicellular or cell-cluster microscopic organisms. ... Suspension may refer to: suspension (chemistry) suspension bridge suspension (music) suspension (vehicle) (system of shock absorbers and supports that connect a vehicle to its wheels) suspension (civil engineering) (system that connects a structure to its foundation, for example in earthquake protection) suspension (topology) suspension (body modification) suspension bondage suspension (figure... Rotating magnetic field as a sum of magnetic vectors from 3 phase coils. ... Vortex created by the passage of an aircraft wing, revealed by coloured smoke A vortex is a spinning, often turbulent, flow (or any spiral motion) with closed streamlines. ...
An alternative to the electric vortex mixer is the "finger vortex" technique in which a vortex is created manually by striking a test tube in a forward and downward motion with one's finger or thumb. This generally takes longer and often results in inadequate suspension, although it may be suitable in some cases when a vortex mixer is unavailable. The technique is better suited to accelerate the mixure of solutions which do not require the kinetic energy input needed to create suspensions. Dissolving table salt in water In chemistry, a solution is a homogeneous mixture composed of one or more substances, known as solutes, dissolved in another substance, known as a solvent. ... Kinetic jkljfkdffmdklcjenergy (SI unit: the [[klof its motion. ...
A vortexmixer is a simple device used most commonly in cell culture and microbiology laboratories to suspend cells, although it can be used to mix many other substances.
Most vortexmixers have variable speed settings and can be set to run continuously, or to run only when downward pressure is applied to the rubber piece.
An alternative to the electric vortexmixer is the "finger vortex" technique in which a vortex is created manually by striking a test tube in a forward and downward motion with one's finger or thumb.
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