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Sterilisation Microbiology

03/15/19

Why is 70% ethanol preferred for aseptic techniques?

Are other concentrations (say 80%) less effective,or is this just for convenient manufacturing? Is the concentration chosen only because it is less volatile than 100 percent ethanol and hence safer?

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