Centrifuge Safety Program
consists of the safety policy and other references below, plus periodic inspections, requests for training records, rotor logs and maintenance records, and requests that users undergo refresher training when appropriate.

Purdue Department of Chemistry Centrifuge Safety Policy	[Cornell rotor failure]
Beckman Rotor Care Guide	[The MIT rotor failure]
Sorvall Rotor Care Guide	[WTHR 327E rotor failure]
[our centrifuge rotor inventory]

Aluminum Reference Data Sheet with permission (thanks) from Meridian Engineering and Technology

Lattice Energy for Al2O3

See the inventory (not finished) for some typical Beckman and Sorvall rotor models, serial numbers, and manufacture dates.  Please email information about your rotors -- maker, model, serial number, date of manufacture if known, and building-room location where commonly kept -- to swihart@purdue.edu.