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. 2013 Aug 14:133–183. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-39374-7_3

Table 3.3.

Penetration of HEPA filter media 1 made in China and common HEPA filter media made in the USA

Filtration velocity/(cm/s) Chinese filter media l UK filter media
Particle size/μm Particle size/μm
0.1 0.3 0.1 0.3
1.25 3.25 × 10−7 2.02 × 10−6 3.30 × 10−6 3.20 × 10−6
2.50 3.64 × 10−6 1.00 × 10−5 5.40 × 10−5 2.50 × 10−5
3.50 1.53 × 10−5 2.26 × 10−5 1.20 × 10−4 3.80 × 10−5
7.00 1.41 × 10−4 5.30 × 10−3 8.50 × 10−4 1.50 × 10−4