This is a tracking page to follow the filter efficiency and physical properties of various types of face mask or ventilator filter materials - a central page to compare NOISH-approved N95 masks to new materials developed by the larger CBA COVID repsonse team ([electrospining](https://tourlomousis.pages.cba.mit.edu/cvd-electrospinning/), [rotary jet](https://gitlab.cba.mit.edu/camblackburn/rotary_jet_spinning) ) to DIY materials that could be easily sourced or readily available.
This is a tracking page to follow the filter efficiency and physical properties of various types of face mask or ventilator filter materials - a central page to compare NOISH-approved N95 masks to new materials developed by the larger CBA COVID repsonse team ([electrospining](https://tourlomousis.pages.cba.mit.edu/cvd-electrospinning/), [rotary jet](https://gitlab.cba.mit.edu/camblackburn/rotary_jet_spinning) ) to DIY materials that could be easily sourced or readily available.
With the CDC now recommending everyone uses any type of makeshift mask before going out in public to protect against transmitting covid-19, and as more people become caretakers for sick family members, we should get a quantitative measurement of which type of household items are best for transmission protection, breathability, and longenvity.
With the CDC now recommending everyone uses any type of makeshift mask before going out in public, and as more people become caretakers for sick family members, we should get a quantitative measurement of which type of household items are best for transmission protection, breathability, and longenvity.
Similar questions have been asked and answered before - [Effficiency of homemade masks](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258525804_Testing_the_Efficacy_of_Homemade_Masks_Would_They_Protect_in_an_Influenza_Pandemic), [filtering performance of 20 protective fabrics](https://gitlab.cba.mit.edu/pub/coronavirus/tracking/-/blob/master/docs/FilteringPerformances.pdf), etc. - this projects exists to verify and expand these findings, specialize them to known [SARS-CoV-2 aerosol Characteristics](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.08.982637v1.abstract), and provide an inital comparison for novel materials.
Similar questions have been asked and answered before - [Effficiency of homemade masks](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258525804_Testing_the_Efficacy_of_Homemade_Masks_Would_They_Protect_in_an_Influenza_Pandemic), [filtering performance of 20 protective fabrics](https://gitlab.cba.mit.edu/pub/coronavirus/tracking/-/blob/master/docs/FilteringPerformances.pdf), etc. - this projects exists to verify and expand these findings, specialize them to known [SARS-CoV-2 aerosol Characteristics](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.08.982637v1.abstract), and provide an inital comparison for novel materials.
