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2. Soil steam sterilization - Wikipedia

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   Soil steam sterilization (soil steaming) is a farming technique that sterilizes soil with steam in open fields or greenhouses. Pests of plant cultures such as weeds, bacteria, fungi and viruses are killed through induced hot steam which causes vital cellular proteins to unfold. Biologically, the method is considered a partial disinfection.

3. Dazomet - Wikipedia

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   Dazomet is a chemical used to kill pests that inhibit plant growth through gaseous degradation. Dazomet is used as a soil sterilant on a variety of sites such as golf courses, nurseries, turf sites, and potting soils. [4] Dazomet is used for soil sterilization as an alternative to methyl bromide. Although less effective it is still used to kill ...

4. List of instruments used in microbiological sterilization and ...

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   Koch's or Arnold's steam sterilizer: used for steam sterilization A pressure cooker: used as a portable autoclave Biological and chemical indicators: Used to ascertain if a certain process has been completed, e.g. spores used in an autoclave are killed if autoclaving is properly done Filters: •Candle filter:

5. Sterilization (microbiology) - Wikipedia

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   Ozone offers many advantages as a sterilant gas; ozone is a very efficient sterilant because of its strong oxidizing properties (E=2.076 vs SHE [42]) capable of destroying a wide range of pathogens, including prions, without the need for handling hazardous chemicals since the ozone is generated within the sterilizer from medical-grade oxygen.

6. Sterilization - Wikipedia

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   Soil steam sterilization, a farming technique that sterilizes soil with steam in open fields or greenhouses; Sterilization (medicine) renders a human unable to reproduce; Neutering is the surgical sterilization of animals; Irradiation induced sterility is used in the sterile insect technique; A chemosterilant is a chemical compound that causes ...

7. Toxic chemicals discovered in the ground near Ohio derailment ...

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   According to the Government Accountability Project's research, composite soil samples at the derailment site showed dioxin Toxic Equivalency Quotients at 91.9 per trillion, 19 times higher than ...

8. Autoclave - Wikipedia

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   There are physical, chemical, and biological indicators that can be used to ensure that an autoclave reaches the correct temperature for the correct amount of time. If a non-treated or improperly treated item can be confused for a treated item, then there is the risk that they will become mixed up, which, in some areas such as surgery, is critical.

9. 'Forever chemicals' lurk in Midwest soil and drinking water ...

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   The thousands of similar carbon fluorine compounds that together constitute PFAS can take centuries to break down in the environment, where the chemicals easily move through soil and water ...