Re:What is our hidden consumption of microplastics doing to ...
by cypress66 on Thursday May 19, 2022 @08:17AM
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N95 masks filter 95% of 0.3 micron particles.
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Re:What is our hidden consumption of microplastics doing to ...
by varenc on Thursday May 19, 2022 @08:48AM
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Fun fact: 0.3 micron particles are the most penetrating particles of any size, including smaller particles. It’s counterintuitive, but 0.1 micron particles will be filtered out more easily than 0.3 micron particles. [0] That’s in fact why all masks are rated this way, since it gives you the absolute worst case. It’s fair to say that an N95 would filter out at least 95% of all particles.
[0] Wikipedia graph showing this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HEPA#/media/File:Filteration_C...