Definition of Disinfectants:

Antizymotics which destroy specific germs communicating disease (mostly microbes), by

  1. acting as oxidizants,
  2. combining with albumin,
  3. chemically combining to form substitution-compounds,
  4. arresting molecular changes,
  5. altering the reaction of the media containing the germs: heat (110-121° C.; 230-250° F.), lime, chlorinated lime and soda, ferrous sulfate, zinc chloride, potassium permanganate and dichromate, sulfurous and nitrous acids, sulfur dioxide, formaldehyde, air, water, fire;
[Culbreth1927, pp 39-40].

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