Ultrasonic Cleaning and the Decontamination of Surfaces

Ultrasonic cleaning is another major application for power ultrasound. It is now such a well-established technique that laboratories without access to an ultrasonic cleaning bath are in a minority. It is important to recognise the historical significance of the development of ultrasonic cleaning technology on the growth of sonochemistry because, in the early years, the humble laboratory cleaner was almost certainly the first ultrasonic apparatus used by chemists. 

Many complex (and expensive) automated multibath cleaning, rinsing and drying systems can be found in high volume production lines. For the chemical laboratory however a single small cleaning bath can be obtained at a very reasonable cost. 

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