Effects of humidity on sterilization of Geobacillus stearothermophilus spores with plasma-excited neutral gas

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Matsui, Kei ^a   Ikenaga, Noriaki ^a   Sakudo, Noriyuki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HUMIDITY CONTROL; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; NITROGEN PLASMA; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

GAS MOLECULES; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; INNER WALLS; MIXING RATIOS; NEUTRAL SPECIES; REACTOR CHAMBER; SAMPLE TEMPERATURE; STERILIZATION PROCESS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

EID: 84930585218     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7567/JJAP.54.06GD02     Document Type: Conference Paper

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