Centrifugation speed and time often are not critical factors in routine sample-handling procedures involving a benchtop
microcentrifuge. Usually, as long as speed and time are sufficient to ensure that cells, debris or resin are pelleted effectively,
it does not matter if the speed is faster or the time longer than necessary. For this reason, many protocols do not specify a
particular centrifugal force to be applied but instead indicate some general guideline such as “centrifuge at high speed for 1
minute.”