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Re:Stanford researchers confirm N95 masks can be sterilized ... by vasco on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @03:53AM (#22682739)
I would suspect if the general population was told to do this we'd have more disruptions due to house fires than from the increased risk of unboxing packages outside of the door, discarding them and then washing your hands and clothes.
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Re:Stanford researchers confirm N95 masks can be sterilized ... by hnarn on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @04:00AM (#22682765)
What catches fire at 75 Celsius?
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Re:Stanford researchers confirm N95 masks can be sterilized ... by ryanhuff on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @04:09AM (#22682805)
I don't think my oven can go lower than 200F.
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Re:Stanford researchers confirm N95 masks can be sterilized ... by buckminster on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @08:55AM (#22684037)
If you have a thermometer you can turn the oven off manually as it approaches your target temperature. I do this for warming bread dough. Once you know how long it takes you don't need the thermometer.
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Re:Stanford researchers confirm N95 masks can be sterilized ... by jbj on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @04:18AM (#22682845)
If your oven is not accurate near 75 C. maybe you can use one of the other methods, from the pdf it looks like water steam could do the same job.
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Re:Stanford researchers confirm N95 masks can be sterilized ... by jhart99 on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @11:59AM (#22685808)
People can use a water bath like one of those sous vide machines. You seal the mask in a ziploc bag and weight it down below the surface. That should be a pretty consistent temperature of 75C.
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Re:Stanford researchers confirm N95 masks can be sterilized ... by swader999 on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @07:57AM (#22683730)
Food dehydrator.
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Re:Stanford researchers confirm N95 masks can be sterilized ... by vidarh on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @04:03AM (#22682779)
The problem is the assumption that people will consistently manage to ensure it only reaches 75 degrees.
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Re:Stanford researchers confirm N95 masks can be sterilized ... by de_watcher on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @07:01AM (#22683450)
Ironing clothes is 100-250 °C.

Should we just be ironing masks?

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