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At the beginning of the last century, the world’s first water disinfection device with UV irradiation came into being. Later, it is well-known that UV irradiation with the C-band (wavelength 253.7 nm) was used to obtain the best performance of sterilization.
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Xu, Z. (2019). UV Irradiation. In: Air Purifier. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2532-8_3
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