TABLE 2.
Domestic, industrial, and on-premises laundering cycle parameter investigateda
| Stage | Domestic |
Industrial |
On-premises laundering (OPL) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp (°C) | Hold time (min) | Temp (°C) | Hold time (min) | Temp (°C) | Hold time (min) | |
| Prewash | —b | 35 (32.18 ± 0.16) | 3 (4 ± 0.4) | 40 (40.50 ± 0.22) | 4 (3 ± 0.0) | |
| Main wash | 40 (39.55 ± 0.05) | 21 (23 ± 0.77) | 67 (61.79 ± 0.08) | 10 (11.6 ± 0.1) | 75 (68.08 ± 0.06) | 10 (13 ± 0.5) |
| Rinse/spin | Cold input | 44 | Cold input | 11 | Cold input | 15 |
| Cycle duration (min) | 95 | 85 | 96 | |||
a
Measured mean peak temperatures and holding times are shown in parentheses (n ≥ 4 independent washes; mean ± SEM).
b
—, not applicable.