What is mechanical decontamination

<p>Mechanical decontamination is the opposite of chemical decontamination&period; Whereas chemical decontamination removes contamination from a surface without any physical interaction&comma; mechanical decontamination doesn&&num;8217&semi;t require any chemicals and relies solely on physical interaction&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Forms of mechanical decontamination<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Claying is a prime example of mechanical decontamination&period; During claying&comma; the clay-material scrubs the surface clean by &&num;8220&semi;grabbing&&num;8221&semi; the unwanted particles&comma; and pulling them away from the surface&period; The clay is slightly abrasive&comma; which affects the surface slightly&period; The use of a claylube should help to move the clay over the surface and to minimize the amount of marring that is being created&period; Claylube usually doesn&&num;8217&semi;t have any effect on the contamination itself&period; The polymer clay acts as the medium that removes the unwanted particles from the surface&period; This physical and mechanical interaction is a well known example mechanical decontamination&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Advantages of mechanical decontamination<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Unlike chemical contamination&comma; it is easier to determine which part of the surface is decontaminated&comma; and which surface is left alone&period; In many cases the medium that is being used for the decontamination process can be cleaned and reused&comma; the chemical that might be used for chemical decontamination is very rarely re-usable&period; Making mechanical decontamination often the cheaper option in the long run&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Another case might be that mechanical contamination hardly differentiate between different types of contamination&period; Meaning that clay will just remove anything from the surface&comma; regardless of the type of contamination&period; Chemical decontamination can be made in such a way that the chemical only attacks a certain type of particles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;