Tuesday, June 9, 2020

ARCI develop Ultra Violet based disinfection cabinet


The Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy along with the Mekins Industries have developed UVC based Cabinet to disinfect COVID-19 patients.

About the Cabinet

  • The Cabinet can be used to disinfect items used in commercial establishments and also in day to day life.

Need

  • During the early times of COVID-19, India was able to control the spread of the virus successfully. 
  • However, with the lock down being relaxed in phases, there are possibilities of slow spread of the disease. 
  • This might happen through surface contamination. 
  • In order to contain the spread, it is essential to widen the use of disinfection cabinets as the one created by ARCI.

Working

  • The Cabinet used Ultra Violet C radiation to disinfect the virus. 
  • The wavelength of UVC is 254 nm. When the UVC is absorbed by RNA of COVID-19, it leads to molecular structural damage to the virus. 
  • This is achieved through photodimerization process.

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