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Dry heat sterilization is the process of sterilizing containers using hot air. Dry heat can take the form of still or convection. Still heating uses no blowers or moving air. Convection heating uses blowers or fans to keep the heated air moving, reducing the time it takes to heat the environment to the setpoint.
Heat is one of the most effective physical agents used in sterilization, where the structural proteins and enzymes of microbes are completely denatured. Aside from moist heat sterilization, common heat treatments also include direct flame, dry heat, tyndallization and pasteurization.