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[-] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago

Anybody who has worked in a clean room shouldn't be overly surprised by this

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Why is that? For those of us who haven't worked in clean rooms

[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago

Clean rooms are classified by the particulate count measured in the air. The extremely sterile atmosphere is achieved significantly by controlling the airflow strictly (out vents in the ceiling and in vents in the floor). You still will accumulate dirt in nooks and crannies which are difficult to clean properly, which doesn't actually cause the room to fail particle counts.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Humans are big ol smelly beasts

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Yes, hard yes. "Clean room" should not be confused with "sterile room".

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

But are clean rooms more sterile compared to normal rooms?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Clean rooms are about particulates in the air and do not address sterile conditions at all. You want medical locations to be sterile, while you want assembly of chips and lasers and shit to be clean.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

In Space, nobody can hear your Psychrophiles mutate.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

TIL clean rooms can crawl.

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