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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.
The dry heat sterilization process takes much longer even at higher temperatures than steam sterilization. For dry heat sterilization at a temperature of 180Â°C an exposure time of 30 minutes is needed. I hope this will help you to understand the nature of steam and the critical role it plays in the sterilization process. Generating the ideal conditions for saturated steam will positively impact the sterilization results. Wet steam or superheated steam are problematic.