Sentence examples for bactericide from inspiring English sources
noun
Any substance that kills bacteria, especially one that is otherwise harmless.
The reason for that is now understood: silver has antimicrobial properties.In the 21st century people have realised that if you fortify Phoenician wisdom with a dash of nanotechnology, silver can be made into a far more potent bactericide.
Pesticides are usually classed according to the organism they control: for example, bactericide, fungicide, nematicide, miticide, insecticide, rodenticide, and herbicide.
Tetrachlorophenol is an insecticide and a bactericide and is used as a preservative for latex, wood, and leather.
An effective bactericide and fungicide, Lugol's solution is a transparent brown liquid prepared by dissolving, first, 10 parts of potassium iodide, then 5 parts of iodine, in 85 parts of water.
These are then used to test materials for biological degradation or to test the effectiveness of a fungicide or bactericide.
Of the trichlorophenols, the 2,4,6-isomer is used as a bactericide and fungicide.
Chemicals used to control bacteria (bactericides), fungi (fungicides), and nematodes (nematicides) may be applied to seeds, foliage, flowers, fruit, or soil.
Most acids and alkalis either are too caustic to tissues or are relatively inefficient bactericides.
In order to stabilize aqueous latex coatings for long-term storage, bactericides are often added.
It is converted to such products as sulfapyridine, a drug active against bacterial and viral infections; pyribenzamine and pyrilamine, used as antihistaminic drugs; piperidine, used in rubber processing and as a chemical raw material; and water repellents, bactericides, and herbicides.
Land Must Rest Three Years The first hurdle is the requirement that no chemical insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, rodent-killers, fumigants, growth regulators, bactericides, or fertilizers be used on the land for three years before crops can be considered organic.
