title: Effect of ozone pretreatment on alkali cleaning of alumina fouled with bovine serum albumin.
abstract: Pretreatment of alumina particles fouled with bovine serum albumin (BSA) by 0.3% (v/v) gaseous ozone markedly accelerated the removal of BSA during alkali cleaning through partial decomposition of the BSA molecule. The results suggest that ozone pretreatment can reduce the NaOH concentration required for adequate alkali cleaning by at least one order of magnitude.
authors.affiliation: Industrial Technology Center of Okayama Prefecture, 5301 Haga, Okayama 701-1296, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takehara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Urano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukuzaki