- filtration efficiency: percent efficiency of upstream colony-forming units (cfu) to downstream cfu [^1]
- fit factor: ratio of concentration of microscopic particles outside to particles that leaked in [^1]
- microbial penetration value: number of microbes passing through the filter per 10 million microbes in the challenge [^2]
### conventional test methods
- Henderson apparatus: generates closed circuit microbial aerosols from a Collison nebulizer at a controlled humidity
- Collison nebulizer - generally a pneumatic atomizer [^4]
## Resources
- University of Cambridge [DIY mask efficacy testing](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258525804_Testing_the_Efficacy_of_Homemade_Masks_Would_They_Protect_in_an_Influenza_Pandemic)
performance difference between pleated hdrophobic filters and electrostatic filters??
### Resources
[^1]:University of Cambridge [DIY mask efficacy testing](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258525804_Testing_the_Efficacy_of_Homemade_Masks_Would_They_Protect_in_an_Influenza_Pandemic)
[^2]:AR Wilkes [The bacterial and viral filtration performance of breathing system filters](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1365-2044.2000.01327.x)