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Session 7P - Plasma Applications and Plasma Technology.
POSTER session, Thursday morning, November 14
Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark

[7P.32] Plasma-Aided Sterilization*

Mounir Laroussi, Mark Rader, Fred Dyer, Maureen Dever, Igor Alexeff (The University of Tennessee)

The use of plasma as a sterilization agent was known for some time.In this paper we present recent work using atmospheric pressure plasmas to sterilize liquid and solid matter: The plasma can be a glow discharge or a corona discharge. The results show that sterilization occurs with treatment times which vary from a few seconds to a few minutes. The forseen applications of this method are in the medical, pharmaceutical, and food packaging industry. *Work supported in part by The Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

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