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Molecular Weight: Measurements with Gravity Cells

F N Weber, D W Kupke, J W Beams

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |March 1, 1963
    PubMed
    Summary

    A gravity cell precisely measures particle weight for molecules over 10^8 units. Tipula iridescent virus particle weight was determined to be 1.05 x 10^9 units using this method.

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