Role: it can be used to sterilize;
Principle: it mainly utilizes the fact that ethylene oxide can produce great energy when it is decomposed dynamically, which can destroy the internal structure of bacteria, thus causing harm to the bacteria.
Ethylene oxide structural formula:
Ethylene oxide is an organic compound, the chemical formula is C2H4O, is a toxic carcinogen, was previously used to make fungicides. Ethylene oxide is flammable and explosive, and not easy to be transported over long distances, so it is strongly territorial. It is widely used in washing, pharmaceutical, printing and dyeing industries. It can be used as a starting agent for detergents in chemical related industries.
Ethylene oxide is the 2nd generation of chemical disinfectant that appeared after formaldehyde, and is still one of the best cold disinfectants, and is also the most important member of the current four major low-temperature sterilization technologies (low-temperature plasma, low-temperature formaldehyde steam, ethylene oxide, glutaraldehyde).EO is a simple epoxy compound, a non-specific alkyl compound, with the molecular formula of C2H4O, and the structural formula of: -CH2-CH2-O-.
Chemical Properties
Chemically very reactive, capable of ring-opening addition reactions with many compounds. Ethylene oxide can reduce silver nitrate. It is easily polymerized by heat, and can decompose in the presence of metal salts or oxygen.
Main Uses:
Ethylene oxide is a toxic carcinogen that was formerly used to make fungicides. Ethylene oxide is flammable and explosive, and not easy to be transported over long distances, so it is strongly territorial. It is widely used in washing, pharmaceutical, printing and dyeing industries. It can be used as a starting agent for detergents in chemical related industries.
Ethylene oxide is bactericidal, non-corrosive to metals, has no residual odor, kills bacteria (and their endospores), molds and fungi, so it can be used to disinfect some items that can not withstand high temperature disinfection as well as the material of the gas biocide.