Editing Laminar flow (section)

==Laminar flow barriers==
[[File:Experimental chamber for studying chemotaxis in response to laminar flow.ogv|thumb|right|Experimental chamber for studying [[chemotaxis]] in response to laminar flow]]

Laminar airflow is used to separate volumes of air, or prevent airborne contaminants from entering an area. [[Laminar flow cabinet|Laminar flow hoods]] are used to exclude contaminants from sensitive processes in science, electronics and medicine. [[Air door|Air curtains]] are frequently used in commercial settings to keep heated or refrigerated air from passing through doorways. A [[laminar flow reactor]] (LFR) is a [[Chemical reactor|reactor]] that uses laminar flow to study chemical reactions and process mechanisms. A laminar flow design for [[animal husbandry]] of [[rat]]s for disease management was developed by Beall et al. 1971 and became a standard around the world<ref name="Suckow-2006">{{cite book | editor-last1=Suckow | editor-first1=Mark A. | editor-first2=Steven H. | editor-last2=Weisbroth | editor-first3=Craig L. | editor-last3=Franklin | title=The Laboratory Rat | publisher=[[American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine]] ([[Academic Press|AP]]) | publication-place=Amsterdam Boston | year=2006 | isbn=978-0-08-045432-0 | oclc=162569241 | page=304/pp.{{spaces}}304{{ndash}}337/xvi+912 | edition=2 | chapter=10. Housing and Environment | first1=Robert E. | last1=Faith | first2=Jack R. | last2=Hessler}} {{ISBN|9780120749034}} {{ISBN|0120749033}}</ref> including in the then-[[Eastern Bloc]].<ref name="Travnicek-Mandel-1979">{{cite journal | last1=Trávníček | first1=J. | last2=Mandel | first2=L. | title=Gnotobiotic techniques | journal=[[Folia Microbiologica]] | publisher=[[Czechoslovak Society for Microbiology]] ([[Springer Netherlands|Springer]]) | volume=24 | issue=1 | year=1979 | issn=0015-5632 | doi=10.1007/bf02927240 | pages=6–10 | pmid=374207 | s2cid=6421827}}</ref>