Definition of Disinfectants:
Antizymotics which destroy specific germs communicating disease (mostly microbes), by
[Culbreth1927, pp 39-40].
- acting as oxidizants,
- combining with albumin,
- chemically combining to form substitution-compounds,
- arresting molecular changes,
- altering the reaction of the media containing the germs: heat (110-121° C.; 230-250° F.), lime, chlorinated lime and soda, ferrous sulfate, zinc chloride, potassium permanganate and dichromate, sulfurous and nitrous acids, sulfur dioxide, formaldehyde, air, water, fire;