What name is given to the reduction in the number of viable organisms produced by the sterilisation process?
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Card 17
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IF = 10^t/D. True or false?
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Card 18
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What is the preferred method of sterilisation which uses high temperatures but only for a short time as it has a greater heat content than water or air at the same temp?
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Card 19
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What is the name given to the heat required to raise the temperature of water to its boiling point?
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Card 20
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What is the name given to additional heat which is absorbed when boiling water is converted to steam at the same temperature?
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Card 21
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Which sterilisation method can use gamma rays (highly penetrating) or beta radiation (high speed electrons but poor penetration) where the minimum absorbed dose is 25 kGy? Very short treatment time (few seconds)
