# Kimberly Clark #47117

manufacturer site: [Kimberly Clark 47117](https://www.kcprofessional.com/en-us/products/scientific/respiratory-protection/47117)

- not recommended for blood or blodily fluid protection

<img src="./KC47117_mask.jpg" height="600">

Three layer mask (inside layer --> outside layer)

<img src="./KC47117_layers.jpg" height="600">

- the outer layers look like some sort of pressed pulp, not as fibrous and stringy as the N95 masks
- the middle layer looks more like the N95 mask outer layer, except with smaller fiber width

## physical measurements
#### thickness (mm pm 0.005) measurements: 
- overall: 0.184
- inside layer: 0.072
- middle layer: 0.086
- outside layer: 0.069

#### weight (10(pm 0.5) x10(pm 0.5) mm square material) measured in g pm 0.0005
- overall: 0.0067
- inside layer: 0.0023
- middle layer: 0.0021
- outside layer: 0.0026



## imaging

### SEM 

When imaging in the SEM without sputter coating the material you disappear if focus too closely (either blowing away or disintegrating from the electron beam - hopefully this isn't damaging the SEM??) the same way that the dust particles on the Gerson N95 did. 

So all images have a 20 nm gold layer on top 

#### inside layer
<img src="./SEM/KC47117_20sputter_insidelayer_0001.jpg" height="600">

<img src="./SEM/KC47117_20sputter_insidelayer_0002.jpg" height="600">

<img src="./SEM/KC47117_20sputter_insidelayer_0005_raw.jpg" height="600">

#### middle layer 
this looks to be the layer doing the most filtration

<img src="./SEM/KC47117_20sputter_middlelayer_0002_raw.jpg" height="600">

<img src="./SEM/KC47117_20sputter_middlelayer_0005.jpg" height="600">

#### outside layer
same as inside layer

progressively zooming in on the same spot: 

<img src="./SEM/KC47117_20sputter_outsidelayer_0001_raw.jpg" height="600">

<img src="./SEM/KC47117_20sputter_outsidelayer_0002_raw.jpg" height="600">

<img src="./SEM/KC47117_20sputter_outsidelayer_0003_raw.jpg" height="600">

### Optical 
checking for burn marks or any deformation on the sample that was put in the SEM without sputter coating .. couldn't find anything 

<img src="./optical/top_2.jpg" height="600">