>>9614211>Noticed people advocating vapour/activated charcoal filters. Viruses are a particle, not a vapour, kek.I believe the people talking about this did an intuitive leap of reasoning upon hearing the virus is carried by droplets. Droplets are liquid, but what they're suggesting is something against vapors/fumes, not liquid particles.
Surface tenion will easily lock the corona carrying doplets and the virus would die rather quickly stuck in the hydrophilic fabric.
>hard shell covers on your filters are you friend, means you can decontaminate without wrecking your filters.Depends on your decontamination method. If cheical you'd have to submerge your gear in alcohol or bleach for several minutes (see contact time). It is not recommended for most materials because o deterioration concerns.
Pancake filters should be ok for UVC decontamination (don't quote me on that, but I'm reasonably sure), the rest of the mask can be shielded with a reflective material like copper or aluminum tape if you use this method.
>Please post mask sources and decontamination procedures here.Here
