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BigmanPigman

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Fri Apr 3, 2020, 02:31 AM Apr 2020

Answers to "What Are The Best Materials for Making DIY Masks?" [View all]

https://smartairfilters.com/en/blog/best-materials-make-diy-face-mask-virus/

This link has charts and graphs which show the materials, thicknesses, filtering abilities, etc of various items used to make masks.

"Mask:
Researchers at Cambridge University tested a wide range of household materials for homemade masks. To measure effectiveness, they shot Bacillus atrophaeus bacteria (0.93-1.25 microns) and Bacteriophage MS virus (0.023 microns in size) at different household materials.
They measured what percentage the materials could capture and compared them to the more common surgical mask."
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