Browsing by Subject "Electron beam"
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(2018-05-01)Space laundry is non-existent onboard the ISS. Astronauts are forced to wear the same clothing for up to 3-5 days. After the clothing becomes soiled, it is discarded in resupply cargo ships. The discardment of soiled ...
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Electron beam (eBeam) technology is commonly used to sterilize food and food ingredients to inactivate microbial pathogens. In eBeam processing, electrons are accelerated to the speed of light in a linear accelerator, ...
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(2014-04-16)Vaccines against infectious diseases are a corner stone of public health globally. Vaccine technology based on attenuation, conventionally “killed” or cellular sub-units suffer from significant drawbacks. Live attenuated ...
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(2022-12-08)Single use medical devices implement a variety of polymers and must be sterilized to destroy microorganisms and prevent disease transmission. Over the past several decades, gamma irradiation has been the primary sterilization ...
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(2019-07-02)Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, known as PFOS, is a suspected carcinogen found in global drinking water. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set a health advisory at 70 parts per trillion (ppt) of PFOS in ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)The E-beam curable BMI resin systems and phenylethynyl terminated AFR-PEPA-4 oligomer together with an imide model compound N-phenyl-[4-(phenylethynyl) phthalimide] were synthesized and characterized. E-beam exposure ...