Ultraviolet Sterilizers

LAMP INTENSITY

(microwatts) X TIME OF EXPOSURE IN REACTOR CHAMBER (sec) SURFACE AREA OF REACTOR CHAMBER (cm2) = microwatt sec/cm2 = mJ/cm2


 
Ultraviolet dosage required to destroy greater than 99.9% of micro-organisms. Measured in microwatt seconds per centimeter squared. BACTERIA
Agrobacterium tumefaciens8500
Bacillus anthracis 8700
Bacillus megaterium (vegatative)2500
Bacillus subtills (vegatative)11000
Clostridium Tetani 22000
Corynebacterium diphtheria's6500
Escherichia coil7000
Legionella bozemanii 3500
Legionella dumoffil 5500
Legionella micdadel 3100
Legionella longbeachae 2900
Legionella pneumophilla (legionaiers disease) 3800
Leptospira intrrogans (Infectious Jaundice) 6000
Mycobaterium tuberculosis 10000
Neisseria catarrhalls 8500
Proteus vulgaris 6600
Pseudomonas seruginosa (laboratory strain) 3900
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (environmental strain) 10500
Rhodospirllum rubrum 6200
Salmonella enteritidis 7800
Salmonella paratyphi (enteric fever) 6100
Salmonella typhimunum 15200
Salmonella typhosa (typhoid fever) 6000
Sarcina Lutea 26400
Seratia marcescens 6200
Shigella dysenterai (dysentery) 4200
Shigella Flexneri (dysentery) 3400
Shigella sonnell 7000
Staphylococcus epidermidis 5800
Staphylococcus aureus 7000
Streptococcus faecalls 10000
Streptococcus hemolyicus 5500
Streptococcus lactis 8800
Viridans streptococci 3800
Vibrio cholerae 6500


YEAST

Bakers yeast 8800
Brewers yeast 6600
Common yeast cake13200


MOLD SPORES

Penicillum digitatum (olive) 8800
Penicillum expensum (olive) 22000
PeniciHum roqueforti (green) 26400


ALGAE

Chlorella vulgaris (algae) 22000


VIRUSES

Bacteriophage (E. col) 6600
Hepatitis virus 8000

 

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