QFEA – Novel method to identify high-performing filtration materials and masks outside a laboratory
QFEA – Novel method to identify high-performing filtration materials and masks outside a laboratory The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a bumper crop of home-made and commercially manufactured face masks. Almost daily, new ‘improved’ designs appear in the market, or online. In the absence of easily adaptable methods to assess how well different materials filter out particles in the air, it is difficult for those who make masks at home, in non-profit organizations, or small-scale businesses, to compare them and choose the best mask materials. Face Masks. Image Cre...