Researchers Create Air Filter that Can Kill the Coronavirus – University of Houston

The researchers reported that virus tests at the Galveston National Laboratory found 99.8% of the novel SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was killed in a single pass through a filter made from commercially available nickel foam heated to 200 degrees Centigrade, or about 392 degrees Fahrenheit. It also killed 99.9% of the anthrax spores in testing at the national lab, which is run by the University of Texas Medical Branch.

This filter could be useful in airports and in airplanes, in office buildings, schools and cruise ships to stop the spread of COVID-19, said Ren, MD Anderson Chair Professor of Physics at UH and co-corresponding author for the paper. Its ability to help control the spread of the virus could be very useful for society. Medistar executives are is also proposing a desk-top model, capable of purifying the air in an office worker s immediate surroundings, he said.

via uh.edu

Sounds useful.