TY - GEN
T1 - Bacterial filtration efficiency and differential pressure of turmeric-treated face mask
AU - Rao, Veena
AU - Resmi, G.
AU - Nayak, Nagaveni N.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors gratefully acknowledge funding support by the Research Directorate (Technical), Manipal Academy of Higher Education (Seed money ID: 00000424). The authors acknowledge support from Incubation Centre, MAHE for SEM analysis, and Ms. Lucy Tage, Assistant Professor, Department of Design, MSAP, MAHE for digital drawing.
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PY - 2021/11
Y1 - 2021/11
N2 - In this study, the researchers attempted to develop a face mask from commonly available fabric and treat it with turmeric decoction to test the efficiency to bacterial filtration and differential pressure. The face mask designed and developed is a three-ply mask consisting of a polypropylene filter material sandwiched between two layers of muslin fabric. The face mask developed for the study is treated with turmeric extract at different concentrations (5%, 10%, 15%) and tested for bacterial filtration efficiency and differential pressure. The results show that the masks treated at 15% concentration have a bacterial filtration efficiency of 94.1% and differential pressure of 37.90 Pa/cm2 making them comfortable to be worn for protection from droplet-transmitted infections as COVID-19. The results pave the way for considering the turmeric-treated mask for use by healthy individuals in community spaces as a precaution against the spread of respiratory diseases.
AB - In this study, the researchers attempted to develop a face mask from commonly available fabric and treat it with turmeric decoction to test the efficiency to bacterial filtration and differential pressure. The face mask designed and developed is a three-ply mask consisting of a polypropylene filter material sandwiched between two layers of muslin fabric. The face mask developed for the study is treated with turmeric extract at different concentrations (5%, 10%, 15%) and tested for bacterial filtration efficiency and differential pressure. The results show that the masks treated at 15% concentration have a bacterial filtration efficiency of 94.1% and differential pressure of 37.90 Pa/cm2 making them comfortable to be worn for protection from droplet-transmitted infections as COVID-19. The results pave the way for considering the turmeric-treated mask for use by healthy individuals in community spaces as a precaution against the spread of respiratory diseases.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85121765982
SN - 0377-7537
VL - 49
SP - 383
EP - 388
JO - Man-Made Textiles in India
JF - Man-Made Textiles in India
ER -