SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS PASSIVATION – RUST PREVENTION
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS PASSIVATION – RUST PREVENTION
How Instruments are made resistant to rusting and reacting with acidic elements during the operation.
In addition, it also describes passivation as “the chemical treatment of stainless steel with a mild oxidant, such as a nitric acid solution, for the purpose of enhancing the spontaneous formation of the protective passive film.”
In layman’s terms, the passivation process removes “free iron” contamination left behind on the surface of the stainless steel as a result of mac