UV Ozone Cleaner Guide

UV ozone cleaning relies upon the use of a high-intensity UV light source, which illuminates the surface to be cleaned with two specific wavelengths of light. Low pressure mercury vapor discharge lamps are typically used, like the synthetic quartz UV grid lamp in the Ossila UV Ozone Cleaner, which have two dominant emission peaks at 184 nm and 254 nm. Upon irradiation, molecular oxygen present in the air is dissociated by radiation below 200 nm in length. This results in the formation of two radicals of oxygen. These radicals go on to react with further molecular oxygen forming molecules of ozone.

UV ozone cleaners from other manufacturers can come with an array of additional features. More features can often be mistaken for a more effective performance. However, it is always important to assess the necessity and applicability of additional features in your experimental set up. There are even instances where thes features have little to no advantage, even in more complex applications.