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AP Physics 1
5.6 Newton’s Second Law in Rotational Form
5.4 Rotational Inertia
5.3 Torque
5.1 Rotational Kinematics
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A top-down view of a circular disk representing the centrifuge. The disk is shaded gray. A central dot marks the axis of rotation. The radius is labeled with a straight line from the center to the edge labeled 'R'. The mass 'M' is printed on the disk. A curved arrow outside the disk points counterclockwise, labeled 'N' to indicate the initial rotational direction.
Figure 1. A top-down view of the centrifuge rotor.
A medical laboratory centrifuge is modeled as a uniform solid disk of mass \(M\) and radius \(R\) (with rotational inertia \(I = \dfrac{1}{2}MR^2\)). The centrifuge initially rotates counterclockwise at a constant angular speed of \(N\) revolutions per minute. At time \(t = 0\), the motor is turned off. A constant frictional torque slows the centrifuge down, and it comes to rest after completing exactly \(n\) revolutions.

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