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[Preprint]. 2020 May 8:2020.04.19.20069997. [Version 2] doi: 10.1101/2020.04.19.20069997

Table 2:

Results obtained at a university laboratory on single-pass filtration efficiency for ambient particle matter. Each row represents a single N95 mask. Filtration efficiency values are an average of four upstream and downstream measurements.

Model Cycles Filtration Efficiency (SD)
0.3μm 0.5μm 1.0μm
3M 1860 0 97.66% (0.18) 99.05% (0.13) 99.68% (0.03)
0 97.53% (0.18) 99.11% (0.23) 100.00% (0.00)
1 99.20% (0.08) 99.70% (0.08) 99.90% (0.20)
2 98.98% (0.10) 99.80% (0.06) 100.00% (0.00)
2 99.42% (0.05) 99.89% (0.09) 99.91% (0.18)
3 99.36% (0.12) 99.92% (0.06) 100.00% (0.00)
4 98.55% (0.07) 99.59% (0.13) 99.88% (0.24)
5 98.76% (0.03) 99.52% (0.16) 100.00% (0.00)
10 98.45% (0.15) 99.39% (0.09) 100.00% (0.00)
KC/Halyard 46767 (duckbill) 0 99.91% (0.02) 99.95% (0.05) 100.00% (0.00)
1 99.83% (0.07) 99.86% (0.17) 100.00% (0.00)
2 99.91% (0.02) 99.98% (0.02) 100.00% (0.00)
3 99.90% (0.04) 99.98% (0.04) 100.00% (0.00)
4 99.69% (0.06) 99.80% (0.12) 99.89% (0.24)
5 99.89% (0.03) 99.95% (0.07) 100.00% (0.00)
10 99.86% (0.07) 99.97% (0.06) 100.00% (0.00)
Gerson 2130 1 96.06% (0.20) 98.90% (0.10) 99.68% (0.43)
2 96.46% (0.19) 99.08% (0.11) 99.84% (0.19)
3 95.17% (0.37) 98.80% (0.26) 99.65% (0.30)
3M 8210 0 98.09% (0.22) 99.42% (0.24) 99.82% (0.21)
1 99.86% (0.04) 99.99% (0.02) 100.00% (0.00)
2 99.52% (0.03) 99.93% (0.04) 100.00% (0.00)
3 99.28% (0.06) 99.88% (0.04) 100.00% (0.00)
4 98.90% (0.11) 99.40% (0.10) 100.00% (0.00)
10 99.16% (0.15) 99.77% (0.13) 100.00% (0.00)
3M 9210/37021 0 99.75% (0.11) 99.92% (0.11) 100.00% (0.00)
1 99.77% (0.16) 99.83% (0.19) 99.71% (0.37)
2 99.70% (0.07) 99.92% (0.07) 100.00% (0.00)
3 99.39% (0.18) 99.86% (0.04) 100.00% (0.00)
4 98.68% (0.98) 99.01% (0.92) 99.05% (1.19)