JP6178528B1 - Ozone water production method and sterilization method using ozone water - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To produce ozone water having a low power and capable of producing high-concentration ozone water with little adhesion of foreign matters such as spots and stickiness to the surface of an object to be sterilized after sterilization, and also having little environmental impact. Providing a method. A method for producing ozone water by electrolyzing water, wherein the water contains less than 0.001 to 0.01% by mass of a water-soluble nonionic surfactant. The nonionic surfactant is preferably a block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide. Further, the degree of polymerization of ethylene oxide is 10 to 30, and the degree of polymerization of propylene oxide is 10 to 40. The ozone water production method preferably has a value of (number of moles of the ethylene oxide) / (number of moles of the propylene oxide) of 0.3 to 1. [Selection figure] None

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for producing ozone water by electrolysis and a sterilization method using ozone water obtained thereby.

  Conventionally, chlorine-based disinfectants such as sodium hypochlorite, calcium hypochlorite, and sodium dichloroisocyanurate have been widely used as disinfectants in a wide range of environments. However, since these chlorine-based disinfectants have problems such as persistence and yield of resistant bacteria, as an alternative to these, disinfection with ozone water in which ozone is dissolved in water in recent years Is attracting attention.

The following points are mentioned as the great merit of the sterilization method using ozone water.
(1) The bactericidal effect of OH radicals generated from ozone is oxidative destruction of the cell wall, and it can be said that there are no resistant bacteria due to indiscriminateness.
(2) Higher sterilization and deodorizing effects than chlorinated materials.
(3) There is no persistence (in the electrolysis method, ozone water is generated using water as a raw material and immediately returns to oxygen after sterilization and deodorization, so ozone itself does not remain at all).
For these reasons, the application of ozone water to various fields such as the medical field and the food industry is now under consideration in the industrial field.

There are two types of ozone water production methods: ozone gas dissolution method in which ozone gas is once generated by the discharge method and then dissolved in water, and direct electrolysis method in which ozone generated by direct electrolysis of water is dissolved in water. There is.
The ozone gas dissolution method by the discharge method is used in the water purification treatment and food washing fields, but has the following disadvantages.
(1) Two steps of generating ozone once as a gas and then dissolving it in water are required.
(2) Since the concentration is lower than the electrolysis method described later, it is necessary to inject it into water under high pressure, dissolve it, and manufacture it.
(3) The generated power source is difficult to miniaturize because of high voltage and high frequency.
(4) The ozone water generating device by discharge requires time (a waiting time of several minutes) until the ozone gas generation ability is stabilized, and it is difficult to instantaneously prepare ozone water having a constant concentration.

  On the other hand, the direct electrolysis method can be miniaturized and, in principle, uses a DC low-voltage power supply, so it has excellent instantaneous response and safety, and is expected to be used as a small ozone gas and ozone water generator. Has been.

  However, there is a problem that it is difficult to generate high-concentration ozone water because it is difficult to apply a large amount of power in a small-sized ozone water generator by direct electrolysis. For this reason, when using a small ozone water production apparatus for sterilization etc., there was a possibility that ozone concentration required for sterilization could not be obtained, and sufficient sterilization effect could not be obtained. In order to solve these problems, various techniques have been proposed for increasing the ozone concentration and improving the sterilizing power of ozone water in a small-sized direct electrolysis ozone water production apparatus.

For example, Patent Document 1 proposes an ozone water production apparatus that improves the concentration of dissolved ozone by degassing water supplied to an electrolysis cell in advance and electrolyzing the water.
In Patent Document 2, a surfactant selected from an anionic surfactant, a nonionic surfactant and an amphoteric surfactant is contained at a concentration of 0.01% by mass to 4% by mass, and chlorinated. There has been proposed a sterilization method in which raw water having an object ion concentration of 0.03% by mass or less is electrolyzed to generate ozone water, and the generated ozone water is brought into contact with a sterilization target. According to this sterilization method, when ozone water is brought into contact with an object to be sterilized, wettability with respect to the object to be sterilized is improved, and affinity with mold and bacterial cell membranes is improved, so that the sterilization effect by ozone is improved. Is described.

  However, the sterilization method of Patent Document 1 has a problem that the device is complicated because a deaeration device is required, and extra power is required for the deaeration device.

  Further, in the sterilization method of Patent Document 2, the generated ozone is consumed by the oxidative decomposition of the surfactant, and on the contrary, the obtained ozone concentration may be lowered (this is based on the results of Table 1 of Patent Document 2). Is also supported). In addition, instead of the sterilization method of Patent Document 2, after raw water not containing a surfactant is electrolyzed to produce ozone water, a surfactant is mixed, and this is used for sterilization. There is no significance in producing ozone water by electrolyzing water containing a surfactant. Furthermore, since the ozone water obtained by the method for producing ozone water of Patent Document 2 contains a relatively high concentration of surfactant, the surfactant remains on the surface of the object to be sterilized even after sterilization. In other words, if it is left as it is, spots and stickiness occur on the surface, and a process for removing it is necessary. Furthermore, there is a problem that the load on the environment increases.

JP 2014-113549 A JP 2009-125628 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and can produce high-concentration ozone water with a small amount of electric power, and can adhere foreign matter such as spots and stickiness to the surface of an object to be sterilized after sterilization. The object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing ozone water that has little impact on the environment.

  In the method of Patent Document 2 in which ozone water is produced by electrolyzing water containing a nonionic surfactant, the present inventors have prepared the concentration of the nonionic surfactant and the obtained ozone water. The relationship with ozone concentration was investigated. Before the experiment, the ozone concentration of the produced ozone water would simply converge to the ozone concentration when the surfactant is not contained in the raw water as the surfactant concentration approaches zero. Predicted.

  However, contrary to this expectation, the ozone concentration of ozone water produced by electrolyzing raw water containing a very small amount of nonionic surfactant is higher than the ozone concentration when raw material water does not contain a surfactant. As a result, the peak effect of significantly increasing was obtained. Based on this surprising discovery, the present inventors have further studied and completed the present invention.

  That is, the ozone water production method of the present invention is a method of producing ozone water by electrolyzing water, and the water contains a water-soluble nonionic surfactant in an amount of 0.001% by mass or more and 0.001% by mass or more. The content is less than 01% by mass.

  In the ozone water production method of the present invention, the water to be electrolyzed contains a trace amount of a water-soluble nonionic surfactant of 0.001% by mass or more and less than 0.01% by mass. Here, “water-soluble” means that when electrolysis is performed at room temperature (25 ° C.), the nonionic surfactant separates from the aqueous phase to form another phase, or becomes cloudy without dissolving in the aqueous phase. Does not include the case of being distributed. Due to the influence of this small amount of water-soluble nonionic surfactant, the ozone water produced by this method has a significantly higher ozone concentration than ozone water produced by electrolyzing simple water. For this reason, it becomes possible to produce ozone water having a high concentration with a small amount of electric power. In addition, although a water-soluble nonionic surfactant is contained, its concentration is very low, 0.001% by mass or more and less than 0.01% by mass. Even if the ionic surfactant remains, it hardly causes spots or stickiness. Furthermore, since the concentration of the nonionic surfactant is extremely low, the influence on the environment such as COD is small.

  The water-soluble nonionic surfactant is preferably a block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide. Particularly preferably, the degree of polymerization of the ethylene oxide in the block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide is 10 or more and 30 or less, and the degree of polymerization of the propylene oxide is 10 or more and 40 or less. The value of (number of moles) / (number of moles of propylene oxide) is 0.3 or more and 1 or less.

  As described above, the ozone water produced by the ozone water production method of the present invention has a high ozone concentration and a high bactericidal power. In addition, although a water-soluble nonionic surfactant is contained, its concentration is very low, 0.001% by mass or more and less than 0.01% by mass. Even if the ionic surfactant remains, it hardly causes spots or stickiness.

  By using the ozone water production method of the present invention, it is possible to produce ozone water having a high concentration with a small amount of electric power. In addition, since the concentration of the nonionic surfactant contained in the ozone water is also extremely low, 0.001% by mass or more and less than 0.01% by mass, the surface of the nonionic interface on the surface of the sterilization target after sterilization Even if the activator remains, it hardly causes stains or stickiness. Also, there are few adverse effects on the environment such as increasing the COD.

It is a schematic diagram of an electrolysis type ozone water manufacturing apparatus. It is an enlarged view of the electrolysis module 4 in an electrolysis-type ozone water manufacturing apparatus.

The present invention will be described in detail below.
In the ozone water production method of the present invention, a very low concentration nonionic surfactant of 0.001% by mass or more and less than 0.01% by mass is added to water. For this reason, the ozone concentration of the ozone water generated by electrolyzing the raw water obtained by adding the nonionic surfactant is more remarkable than the ozone concentration when the raw water does not contain a surfactant. To be high. The reason is not completely elucidated, but is presumed to be due to the following mechanism of action.

  That is, the water-soluble nonionic surfactant added to the raw water improves the wettability of the interface between the electrode and the electrolyte when ozone is generated by electrolysis of the raw water. For this reason, oxygen generated at the time of electrolysis is quickly removed from the electrode surface, the contact area between the electrode and the electrolyte is increased, ozone is increased, and ozone water having a high ozone concentration is obtained. On the other hand, anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants and amphoteric surfactants are ionic and thus participate in the electrolysis reaction, and the surfactant itself is oxidized or reduced, and at the same time ozone Since the applied power for the generation reaction is consumed, the ozone generation efficiency is lowered, and as a result, ozone water having a high ozone concentration cannot be obtained.

The addition amount of the nonionic interfacial agent added to the raw water is 0.001% by mass or more and less than 0.01% by mass as the concentration in water. When the addition amount is less than 0.001% by mass, it is difficult to obtain the effect of increasing the concentration of ozone water by adding a water-soluble nonionic surfactant.
On the other hand, when the concentration of the water-soluble nonionic surfactant exceeds 0.01% by mass, the ratio of the generated ozone consumed for the oxidative decomposition of the surfactant increases, and the electrolysis efficiency of ozone generation deteriorates. . Further, since the concentration of the nonionic surfactant contained in the obtained ozone water becomes high, when this ozone water is used for sterilization, the nonionic surfactant remains when the surface of the object to be sterilized is dried. May cause spots and stickiness. For this reason, the removal process of nonionic surfactant, such as wash | cleaning the surface to be disinfected further with water, is needed.

  The nonionic surfactant used in the present invention is not particularly limited as long as it is water-soluble. For example, polyoxyethylene alkyl ether, polyoxyalkylene alkenyl ether, polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether, block of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide Polyoxyalkylene derivatives such as copolymers, polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid esters, polyoxyethylene sorbitol fatty acid esters, glycerin fatty acid esters, polyoxyethylene fatty acid esters, polyoxyethylene alkylamines and other generally known nonionic A surfactant can be used, but it is particularly preferable to use a block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide.

When a block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide is used as the nonionic surfactant, the degree of polymerization of ethylene oxide is 10 or more and 30 or less, and the degree of polymerization of propylene oxide is 10 or more and 40 or less (the ethylene The value of (number of moles of oxide) / (number of moles of propylene oxide) is preferably 0.3 or more and 1 or less. When the number of moles of ethylene oxide is less than 0.3 with respect to the number of moles of propylene oxide, the hydrophobicity of the block copolymer increases, making it difficult to dissolve in raw material water.
Moreover, when the mole number of ethylene oxide exceeds 1 with respect to the mole number of propylene oxide, the ozone concentration in the obtained ozone falls. The cause of this is not completely clear, but when the number of moles of ethylene oxide exceeds 1 with respect to the number of moles of propylene oxide, the ratio of hydrophilic groups increases, which has some effect on the electrolysis reaction. It is estimated that ozone generation efficiency decreases.

The water used for electrolysis does not require any particular addition of electrolytes, and can be used with general tap water or purified water that has been passed through a water purifier, but in order to obtain higher-concentration ozone water, distillation is required. It is preferable to use water or pure water such as ion exchange water prepared through a reverse osmosis membrane (RO membrane) or an ion exchange membrane as a main raw material. The water quality of this pure water is preferably 1 μS / cm or less, and more preferably 0.1 μS / cm or less, in terms of conductivity.
When using an electrolytic solution in which only a nonionic active agent is added to pure water, the resulting ozone water contains only a small amount of a water-soluble nonionic surfactant, and the load on the environment and human body is small. Has high sterilizing power. For this reason, the ozone water thus obtained is used for deodorization, sterilization, bleaching for home or business use such as indoors, water, tableware, clothing, etc., and widely used for sterilization, disinfection of human bodies such as fingers. be able to.

  The electrolysis method used in the present invention is not particularly limited. However, when the electrical conductivity of the raw material water is low, an SPE electrolysis method using a solid electrolyte is used in order to reduce wasteful power consumption due to ohmic loss. It is preferable to use it. Electrodes that are generally used as electrodes for ozone generation, such as platinum, lead dioxide, and conductive diamond, can be used as the anode for electrolysis, but the electrode's ability to generate ozone and safety when it is eluted Therefore, it is preferable to use conductive diamond. As the solid electrolyte, it is preferable to use a solid electrolyte membrane having proton conductivity. The material of the solid electrolyte membrane may be either a fluororesin or a hydrocarbon resin, but the former is preferable in terms of ozone and peroxide corrosion resistance. As described above, the solid electrolyte membrane has a function of preventing the substances generated at the anode and the cathode from being consumed at the opposite electrode and promptly causing the electrolysis reaction to proceed even when the liquid conductivity is low. It is essential when using pure water with poor conductivity as a raw material. As a solid electrolyte membrane, Dupont Nafion (registered trademark) or the like can be used.

  Moreover, you may fill with a porous material (solid polymer electrolyte) which has solid ion exchange capacity as a solid electrolyte between electrodes. Examples of the porous material include commercially available ion exchange resin particles. Examples of the hydrocarbon-based resin include styrene-based, acrylic acid-based, and aromatic polymers, but a fluororesin is preferable from the viewpoint of corrosion resistance. It is also possible to form a component having ion exchange capacity on a suitable porous support member. It is also easy to use materials that are fiberized into a web. The porosity of the material is preferably 20 to 90% in consideration of uniform dispersion of the liquid and resistivity. The size of the holes or material particles is preferably 0.1 to 10 mm.

  In the electrolysis in the present invention, the reaction carried out at the cathode is mainly hydrogen generation, and it is preferable to use an electrode catalyst that does not become brittle with respect to hydrogen at the cathode. For example, platinum group metals, nickel, stainless steel, titanium, zirconium, gold, silver, carbon and the like can be used.

  Moreover, since the material of an electrode module contacts the ozone and peroxide which generate | occur | produce at the time of an electrolysis reaction, use of the material excellent in oxidation resistance is preferable. As an electrode module that can be used in the present invention, for example, a spiral diamond electrode manufactured by Denora Permerek Co., Ltd. Model No .: Y5672 can be mentioned.

  In the present invention, the temperature of the raw material water is preferably 0 ° C. or more and less than 60 ° C., more preferably 0 ° C. or more and less than 40 ° C., from the solubility of ozone gas. When the temperature of the raw material water is high, ozone gas cannot be sufficiently dissolved in water and vaporizes, so that the ozone concentration of the generated ozone water decreases.

  In the present invention, the magnitude of the voltage / current applied at the time of electrolysis is appropriately determined according to the purpose and required concentration of ozone water generated for deodorization, sterilization, washing, etc., the volume of the solution to be electrolyzed, etc. It is preferable.

  A direct current power source is used as the power source in the present invention. In that case, a constant voltage drive is preferable and the voltage to apply is 1-50V, More preferably, it is 5-20V. If the applied voltage is too low, ozone is not generated, and not only is the electrode consumed, but also the amount of gas generated increases, resulting in an increase in electrolytic resistance and heat generation.

The current density during electrolysis is preferably 0.01 to 1 A / cm ² . The distance between the electrodes should be as small as possible in order to reduce the resistance loss, but is preferably 0.1 to 5 mm in order to reduce the pressure loss when supplying water and keep the flow distribution uniform. The temperature during electrolysis is preferably 0 ° C. or higher and lower than 60 ° C. from the stability of the generated peroxide and the influence on the electrolytic module.

  Next, examples relating to ozone water generation according to the present invention will be described in comparison with comparative examples, but the present invention is not limited to these examples.

(1) Ozone water production apparatus The schematic diagram of the electrolysis type ozone water production apparatus used for the Example and the comparative example is shown in FIG. The raw water 2 in the container 1 is supplied to an electrolytic cell 5 containing an electrolytic module 4 by a pump 3 to obtain electrolyzed ozone water. The container 1, the pump 3 and the electrolysis cell 5 are connected by a silicon tube 6 having a diameter of 5 mm. The raw material water passes through the silicon tube 6 and is electrolyzed by the electrolysis cell and then discharged. Electric power for electrolysis is supplied by a DC power source 7.
In this example and comparative example, a spiral diamond electrode manufactured by Denora Permerek Co., Ltd. Model number: Y5672 was used as the electrode module 4. As shown in FIG. 2, the electrolysis module 4 is formed by winding a band of a diaphragm 9 made of an ion exchange membrane around an anode 8 which is a metal rod carrying a conductive diamond catalyst, and surrounding the diaphragm 9 from a metal wire. The cathode 10 is wound around. In FIG. 2, the interval between the diaphragms 9 wound around the anode 8 is not constant, but may be equal.

(2) Ozone water production test (Example 1)
As a raw material water, 0.005% by mass of a block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide (ADEKA Pluronic L-62, EO = mol 10, PO = 30 mol) as pure water and a nonionic surfactant The raw material water was supplied to the electrolytic module at a flow rate of 20 mL / min, electrolyzed at a current of 0.7 A, and the ozone concentration of the obtained ozone water was measured.

(Example 2)
As raw material water, pure water and nonionic surfactant, ethylene oxide and propylene oxide block copolymer (ADEKA Pluronic L-64, EO = mol 25, PO = 30 mol) and 0.001% by mass Using what was dissolved in such a manner, electrolysis was performed under the same conditions as in Example 1, and the ozone concentration was measured.

(Example 3)
As raw material water, pure water, nonionic surfactant, ethylene oxide / propylene oxide block copolymer (ADEKA Pluronic L-64, EO = mol 25, PO = 30 mol) and 0.005 mass% Using what was dissolved in such a manner, electrolysis was performed under the same conditions as in Example 1, and the ozone concentration was measured.

Example 4
As raw material water, pure water and nonionic surfactant, block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide (ADEKA Pluronic L-64, EO = mol 25, PO = 30 mol) and 0.008% by mass Using what was dissolved in such a manner, electrolysis was performed under the same conditions as in Example 1, and the ozone concentration was measured.

(Example 5)
As raw material water, the same conditions as in Example 1 were used, in which polyoxyethylene alkyl ether (Emulgen 1135S-70 manufactured by Kao) was dissolved in pure water so as to be 0.008% by mass in pure water. Was subjected to electrolysis and the ozone concentration was measured.

(Example 6)
As raw material water, polyethylene glycol monolaurate (Kao-made Emanon 1112) dissolved in pure water as a nonionic surfactant was dissolved at 0.008% by mass under the same conditions as in Example 1. Electrolysis was performed and the ozone concentration was measured.

(Comparative Example 1)
Pure water was used as raw material water, electrolysis was performed under the same conditions as in Example 1, and the ozone concentration was measured.

(Comparative Example 2)
As raw material water, pure water and nonionic surfactant, ethylene oxide and propylene oxide block copolymer (ADEKA Pluronic L-64, EO = mol 25, PO = 30 mol) and 0.0005 mass% Using what was dissolved in such a manner, electrolysis was performed under the same conditions as in Example 1, and the ozone concentration was measured.

(Comparative Example 3)
0.01% by mass of raw material water, pure water and nonionic surfactant, block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide (Adeka Pluronic L-64, EO = mol 25, PO = 30 mol) Using what was dissolved in such a manner, electrolysis was performed under the same conditions as in Example 1, and the ozone concentration was measured.

(Comparative Example 4)
As raw material water, 0.1% by mass of pure water and nonionic surfactant, block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide (Pluronic L-64 manufactured by ADEKA, EO = mol 25, PO = 30 mol) Using what was dissolved in such a manner, electrolysis was performed under the same conditions as in Example 1, and the ozone concentration was measured.

(Comparative Example 5)
As raw material water, pure water and nonionic surfactant, ethylene oxide and propylene oxide block copolymer (ADEKA Pluronic L-64, EO = mol 25, PO = 30 mol) and 1.0 mass% Using what was dissolved in such a manner, electrolysis was performed under the same conditions as in Example 1, and the ozone concentration was measured.

(Comparative Example 6)
As raw material water, pure water and nonionic surfactant, ethylene oxide and propylene oxide block copolymer (ADEKA Pluronic L-71, EO = mol 5, PO = 35 mol) and 0.008% by mass Using what was added as such, electrolysis was performed under the same conditions as in Example 1, and the ozone concentration was measured. In addition, L-71 did not melt | dissolve completely in raw material water, and the raw material water after addition became cloudy.

(Comparative Example 7)
As raw material water, the same conditions as in Example 1 were used, in which polyoxyethylene sodium lauryl sulfate (Emal 20C manufactured by Kao) was dissolved in pure water so as to be 0.008% by mass as an anionic surfactant. Was subjected to electrolysis and the ozone concentration was measured.

(3) Evaluation 1) Ozone concentration measurement After collecting the discharged ozone water, the ozone concentration was measured by the iodine titration method. Table 1 shows the measurement results of the ozone concentration.

From the results of Table 1, in Examples 1 to 6 in which the nonionic surfactant was dissolved at 0.001% by mass or more and less than 0.01% by mass, the raw material water was pure water only (Comparative Example 1). It was found that ozone water with a clearly higher ozone concentration was obtained than in the case. In particular, in Examples 1 to 4 using a block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide as the nonionic surfactant, ozone water having a high ozone concentration could be obtained.
On the other hand, in Comparative Example 7 using an anionic surfactant, the ozone concentration decreased compared to Comparative Example 1 using pure water alone. Further, in Comparative Example 2 in which the addition amount of the nonionic surfactant was less than 0.001% by mass, the ozone concentration was almost the same as that of Comparative Example 1 with pure water alone, and was 0.01% by mass or more. In Comparative Examples 3 to 5, the ozone concentration decreased compared to Comparative Example 1 with pure water only. Further, in Comparative Example 6 in which the nonionic surfactant was not completely dissolved and became cloudy, the ozone concentration was lower than that in Comparative Example 1 containing pure water alone.

2) Bactericidal effect test
About the ozone water of Examples 1-6 and Comparative Examples 1-7, and tap water, the bactericidal test which made object the finger was implemented. After spraying 50 mL of ozone water or tap water on the fingers and waiting for 30 seconds, the surface of the fingers was wiped with a waste cloth, and a stamp test was performed using an SCDLP agar medium. The collected bacteria were cultured at 35 ° C. for 24 hours using an incubator, and the number of colonies was counted. The results are shown in Table 2. “ND” in Table 2 means undetected. In addition, without spraying ozone water or tap water on a finger, the surface of the finger was wiped off with a waste cloth, and a stamp test using an SCDLP agar medium was used as a blank.

3) Stickiness touch test on the surface of the sterilization target 50 ml of ozone water of each of Examples 1 to 6 and Comparative Examples 1 to 7 was sprayed on the fingers of five monitors, and after waiting for 1 minute, the presence or absence of stickiness of the fingers was evaluated. did. The results are shown in Table 2. When all 5 people felt sticky, “5/5” was written, and when all 5 people did not feel sticky, “0/5” was written.

From Table 2, the number of bacteria was 1000 cfu / 10 cm ² or more in the blank, but in Examples 1 to 6 it was not detected or 3 cfu / 10 cm ² or less, which is a better result than Comparative Examples 1 to 7. It became.
Moreover, in Examples 1-6, it was shown that the bactericidal effect is high and a sticky feeling is not felt.

Claims (2)

A method for producing ozone water by electrolyzing water,
The water contains 0.001% by mass or more and less than 0.01% by mass of a water-soluble nonionic surfactant,
The water-soluble nonionic surfactant is a block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide,
The degree of polymerization of the ethylene oxide in the block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide is 10 or more and 30 or less, and the degree of polymerization of the propylene oxide is 10 or more and 40 or less, (the number of moles of the ethylene oxide) / ( The ozone water production method, wherein the value of the number of moles of propylene oxide is from 0.3 to 1.   A sterilization method comprising producing ozone water by the production method according to claim 1 and bringing the ozone water into contact with an object to be sterilized.

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