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. 2013 Jan 21;3:1091. doi: 10.1038/srep01091

Table 1. Sedimentation speed in cm/s in water (vw) and in oil (vo) for the various knots. The indices s, f, and a indicate slow, fast and average speeds. The sedimentation speeds normalized by the unknot 01 are shown for water Inline graphic and oil Inline graphic .

Knot Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
01 12.83 17.09 14.96 1.000 1.40 1.82 1.61 1.000
31 15.65   15.65 1.046 2.24 2.56 2.40 1.491
41 16.52   16.52 1.104 2.77   2.77 1.720
51 17.49 18.81 18.15 1.213 2.70 2.96 2.83 1.758
52 19.04   19.04 1.273 2.91 2.98 2.95 1.832
61 18.69 19.04 18.87 1.261 3.12 3.15 3.13 1.944
63 18.23 19.48 18.86 1.261 3.22 3.22 3.22 2.000
71 18.23   18.23 1.219 3.01 3.26 3.13 1.944
72 20.57   20.57 1.375 3.22 3.36 3.29 2.043
77 19.54   19.54 1.306 3.40   3.40 2.112
81 19.93   19.93 1.332 3.47   3.47 2.155
83 19.04   19.04 1.273 3.36   3.36 2.087
85 20.76   20.76 1.388 3.61   3.61 2.242
89 19.67   19.67 1.315 3.43   3.43 2.130
817 19.61   19.61 1.311 3.50 3.61 3.55 2.205
818 21.06   21.06 1.408 3.57   3.57 2.217
819 19.27   19.27 1.288 3.15   3.15 1.957
820 18.63   18.63 1.245 3.33   3.34 2.075
821 16.80   16.80 1.123 3.08 3.61 3.34 2.075
91 20.47   20.47 1.368 3.33   3.33 2.068
92 21.36   21.36 1.428 3.68   3.68 2.286