استخدمت هذه الظاهرة لتطوير التقنية الجديدة لفصل خلايا الدم الحمراءعن بلازما الدم to understand atmospheric pressure systems, and in the process of brewing beer to separate out coagulated trub in the whirlpool.
== Applications ==The phenomenon has been used to develop a new technique to separate red blood cells from blood plasma, to understand atmospheric pressure systems, and in the process of brewing beer to separate out coagulated trub in the whirlpool.