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Scientific Paper
Title	Centrifugal Force
Author(s)	David Tombe
Keywords	centrifugal force
Published	2011
Journal	General Science Journal
No. of pages	5

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Abstract

Centrifugal force is an inertial force which is a direct consequence of Newton's first law of motion. It arises as a result of the tendency of a body, in the absence of any external forces (apart from the inertial forces), to follow a uniform straight line path. The centrifugal force is best observed in rotating systems such as in a centrifuge or in planetary orbits.

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 ==Abstract==
-It is nowadays taught that ''centrifugal ''force is a fictitious force that can only be observed from a rotating frame of reference. This teaching is based on the argument that when no inward ''centripetal ''force is acting, a particle will proceed in its straight line inertial path. In situations where the physical effects of centrifugal force are detected, this is dismissed as being merely the effects of inertia. Polar coordinates relative to a point origin expose a centrifugal force acting on a particle that is moving in a straight line, but this centrifugal force tends to be masked from view by virtue of the fact that the radial position vector is rotating. This article will examine ways to expose the physical reality of the centrifugal force
+''Centrifugal ''force is an inertial force which is a direct consequence of Newton's first law of motion. It arises as a result of the tendency of a body, in the absence of any external forces (apart from the inertial forces), to follow a uniform straight line path. The centrifugal force is best observed in rotating systems such as in a centrifuge or in planetary orbits.
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