Cleanrooms are designed & constructed specifically to have environmentally controlled & enclosed areas, wherein, the concentration of airborne dust (particulate contaminants) & gases (molecular contaminants) are to be maintained within the desired limits as per the process requirements.
Generally, industrial cleanrooms are used in the manufacturing of electronic hardware such as integrated circuits (ICs), hard drives etc., & In biotechnology and medicine, cleanrooms are designed, where there is a necessity to have areas free of bacteria, viruses, or other pathogenic substances.