Pasteurization
concept · 1864 · Industrial Revolution
Heating to kill microbes (Pasteur).
Author: Louis Pasteur.
Principles and materials it uses
- Heat transfer — uses. The product is heated to 60–70 °C.
- Germ theory of disease — uses. Killing microbes with heat.
Where it is used
- Canning — is used in. Sterilization by heat.