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The sedimentation coefficient s has units of seconds, and is often expressed in units of Svedbergs (S), where 1 S = 10^(-13) sec. It is a measure of how fast a molecule sediments in a centrifugal field. It is determined experimentally in a sedimentation velocity experiment.