One application that comes immediately to mind is the separation of substances in heterogeneous mixtures. Test tubes of mixtures are placed in a centrifuge and spun at high speeds. This causes the substances of different densities to separate, with the denser materials moving to the bottom of the test tubes.
Imagine this, or do it: Fill a bucket with water, pick it up and start to spin in place, letting the bucket swing away from your body (don't let go of it). If you spin fast enough, the bucket will be on its side, yet the water will not pour out. That force that holds the water in the bucket is centifugal force.
Anytime you apply a force to an object to follow a curved path you are performing a centripetal force.
One application is a satellite in outer space. Gravity constantly trying to pull the satellite towards the center of the earth. If the distance is just right, the satellite will stay in the same circular orbit, requiring no extra energy or other external force to keep it on a constant path.
It is just due to inertia of direction. It balances the centripetal force which pulls the revolving object towards the center of rotation.
roller coaster going in an choochoo
Always centrifugal is the reaction force for centripetal
Yes, there is more centrifugal force near the equator than at the poles of the earth.
-- Momentum and centrifugal force are similar in the sense that both of them often arise during a discussion of mechanics, kinematics, elementary newtonian physics, etc. -- Momentum and centrifugal force are different in the sense that momentum exists, can be measured, has magnitude and direction, and is conserved, whereas centrifugal force is entirely fictitious and non-existent.
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It can, but other forces (like the Strong Nuclear Force) also balance out the electromagnetic force. This gets into quantum mechanics, and the centrifugal force doesn't really apply a whole lot.
Reactive centrifugal force is not the same thing as centrifugal force. Reactive centrifugal force is the reaction force. It is the reaction force reacting to a centripetal force.
Centrifugal force appears to increase with speed of rotation. Centrifugal force is a myth. It doesn't exist.
Centrifugal force is a measure of the opposite reaction of a centripetal force.
The centrifugal force is an apparent (ficticious) force, caused by a rotational movement. The amount of the apparent centrifugal force can be calculated by the same formula as the amount of the real centripetal force.
Centrifugal force is used in a roller coaster.
Centrifugal force is an illusion, and doesn't really exist.
Centrifugal force is often confused with centripetal force.
Centrifugal force/energy is the outward force associated with rotation.
Centrifugal force is a problem when turning at fast speeds.
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Always centrifugal is the reaction force for centripetal