DEVELOPMENT OF AN ULTRA-CENTRIFUGE AT VEB CARL ZEISS, JENA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004800700002-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 3, 2007
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 20, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Development of an ultra-Centrifuge at VIB Carl F-h - OF F 3E$ 1
Zeiss, Jan
11.9799
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model was begun which is to be completed by the end of 1954. This second'
model is to be an improved version of the first one, which up until mid-
July'1954 Uid not operate in the way expected. The main difficulty was
that the rotating gyroscope (Kreisel-Koerper) developed individual vi-
brations at a high speed of rotation.
2. The first model of the ultra-centrifuge has remained in KOV 1, where
another gyroscope will be built for.it. After it has been provided with
a new gyroscope, Prof. Schuster(fnu) of the Zeiss scientific staff will
use it for serum studies before it or the improved second version is
delivered to VEB Jenapharm. Jena.
testing laboratory 1) of VEB Carl Zeiss, Jena, construction of seconc~-
in KOV 1 (Konstruktions-und Versuchslaboratorium7} - constru
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