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• COLUMN IS ~.3CM DEEP - DIMENSION WHICH CONTROLS "THROUGHPUT", + IS CONSTRAINED BY CONVECTION.  VELOCITY PROFILE of FLUID "HUGS" WALLS, + IS UNIFORM ONLY THROUGH MIDDLE THIRD of CHANNEL ....
MAKE MIDDLE THIRD [[~]] CONVECTIVE CELL SIZE .... THIS IS SMALLER IN 1-g (BY ~x2)

• FLOW ISN'T DISTURBED BY VRCS - + CAN WITHSTAND 2 X 10^-3g
for 5-10 MINUTES (IN PITCH) BEFORE IT CARES .... EVEN PRCS
JUST COMPLICATES THE DATA ANALYSIS

• SYSTEM IS SENSITIVE TO PRESSURE CHANGES (NOTE : THERE'S AN
EQUALIZATION VLV BETWEEN THE ANODE + CATHODE SIDES of THE
"COOLANT" LOOP [ANODE + CATHODE LOOPS ARE ACTUALLY ONE LOOP :
INPUT TO ONE IS OUTPUT FROM OTHER])

• MICROPROCESSOR DOES SEQUENCING, CALLS OPERATOR WHEN INPUTS
ARE REQUIRED, + DOES LIMIT SENSING.  IF IT SENSES MALF,
IT CAN COMMAND AN AUTOSHUTDOWN (TURNING OFF PUMPS, [[SYMBOL]], 
BRING COLLECTOR DOWN, + REVERSING SYRINGE) - BUT
THE SAMPLE IS LOST