Sterilization characteristics by a coaxial microwave plasma flow at atmospheric pressure

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 937-940

  Sato, Takehiko ^a   Fujioka, Kazunari ^b   Ramasamy, Raju ^b   Urayama, Takuya ^b   Fujii, Shuitsu ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ADTEC Plasma Technology Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Component; Sterilization, Coaxial microwave plasma, Atmospheric, Low temperature

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTERIA; COAXIAL CABLES; DISINFECTION; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

BIO-INDICATORS; COAXIAL MICROWAVE PLASMA; LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMA SOURCE; MICROWAVE TRANSMISSION;

PLASMA FLOW;

EID: 10944223828     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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