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    06 September 2011 By Daniel Coole at Surgical Holdings in Buying Guide

    Nitric Acid Passivation and Reprocessing Instruments

    A crucial part of instrument finishing is the Passivation Process, this is a Nitric Acid surface treatment to remove foreign bodies and oxidise the surface

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