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The big reason is safety. Depending on the centrifuge design, you could easily break fingers or even tear them off if they got caught in the head. It's very easy to underestimate the rotational inertia of the head. Some centrifuges have safety interlocks that won't even allow you to open the head enclosure if it's still spinning. Also, if you do manage to stop the head manually it may produce enough of a jerk to re-suspend some of the precipitate, in which case you've wasted your time as you'll just have to spin it down again anyway.

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