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The difference is that commercial sterilization takes place in irradiation chambers and regular sterilization does not. A irradiation chamber can hold up to 50 tons and is sealed up before the high energy x-rays kills off anything living.

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Sterilization is used for preventing the spoilage of food. Food is sterilized by exposing it to light temperature of 120 C to 126 C under pressure for 12-90min.

Food and other thing are made free from disease causing organism for example bacteria through this process.

Milk is pasteurized by heating it at 71 C fir 15sec or at 62 C for 32min. By this pasteurization process the bacteria are killed and the taste of milk is not affected.

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With sterilization, you destroy all living things.

With decontamination, you don't necessarily remove something living.

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