(a) moving a plurality of articles having a known temperature along a first path (b) conveying a carrier gas along a second path that includes an elongated plenum, the second path intersecting the first path downstream from the plenum (c) heating the carrier gas to a temperature of at least about 105°C at a location upstream of the plenum (d) introducing into the carrier gas in the plenum an atomized mist of a liquid hydrogen peroxide of known concentration and (e) controlling the following