lyophilization

A scientific technique for drying heat-sensitive materials such as food, blood plasma, pharmaceuticals, or tissue by freezing them and then sublimating the ice under vacuum, thus preserving their physical structure.

• 🇫🇷Technique scientifique de séchage de matériaux thermosensibles, tels que les aliments, le plasma sanguin, les produits pharmaceutiques ou les tissus, consistant à les congeler puis à sublimer la glace sous vide, ce qui préserve leur structure physique.

1. Freeze-drying process C2 formal scientific

   A method of preserving perishable material by freezing it and then reducing the surrounding pressure to allow the frozen water to sublimate directly from solid to gas.

   • Lyophilization is commonly used to preserve vaccines and antibiotics.
   • The pharmaceutical company uses lyophilization to extend the shelf life of its products.
   • Freeze-dried coffee is produced through lyophilization.
   • The laboratory's lyophilization equipment can process up to 500 samples per day.

   🇫🇷Lyophilisation

   Synonymes: freeze-dryinglyophilisation

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