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Surface area to volumeRunning
Mitochondrial furnace. Cube edge at 3.68 cm. Required ratio × edge 14.72 , Cube constant 6 . Currently required ratio × edge is over by 8.72.TUNINGCUBE CONSTANT14.72REQUIRED RATIO × EDGE3.68 CM
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Required ratio × edge

14.72

Cube constant

6

3.68 cm

Mitochondrial furnace. Cube edge at 3.68 cm. Required ratio × edge 14.72 , Cube constant 6 . Currently required ratio × edge is over by 8.72.

What has to balanceSAV=6l\frac{SA}{V} = \frac{6}{l}

What is happening

You take control of a tissue-culture lab sizing agar cubes for a diffusion trial.

The cubes cut this morning will not nourish through. The protocol demands a surface-to-volume ratio of exactly 4.0 per cm.