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Asked 16th Aug, 2022

University of Life

PPE Epidemiology: Polyethylene/Polypropylene vs Polyamide?

Hi there,

would like to learn more about appropriate material for the application of PPE in Epidemiology.

As all the material seems to be Polyethylene/Polypropylene, would love to learn, whether it is possible to use Polyamide material instead? Are the properties sufficient?

If Polyamide does the job, are normal Snowboarding and Fishing Overalls an alternative to the ordinary Hazmats?

Cherish your feedback.

SOUGUEUR Division - Chemistry (POLYMERS), Université Ibn Khaldoun Tiaret

Mina Karimi-Avargani

Independent Researcher

Marius Murariu

Materia Nova Materials R&D Center

Pierluigi Traverso

Italian National Research Council

Chinaza Godswill Awuchi

Kampala International University (KIU)

16th Aug, 2022

James E Hanson

Seton Hall University

Probably. For example, you can buy cartridge filters (for filtering liquids) with different filter materials and housing materials. A lot of the housings are polypropylene but some are nylon.

Here it depends on solvent compatibility and cost. PP and PE are on the less expensive side.

there will be similar considerations for personal protective equipment.

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16th Aug, 2022

Vadym Chibrikov

Polish Academy of Sciences

Good day! Hope that the following papers will be helpful:

Article Zinc-Embedded Polyamide Fabrics Inactivate SARS-CoV-2 and In...

https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7248/2/2/20

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/admi.201900622?casa_token=CAeY2_IeezMAAAAA%3Ar9__7EWXMTjI9nz0EMmEWi70MiicO35iHFYnNCB3ygktUw6Q0OPjn4yzx2yB86VrQZh7F0BAeWf6

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19th Aug, 2022

Emilio Malaguti

Florida Atlantic University

The chemical nature of Polyamides, with potential reactive chemical groups, make it more susceptible to contamination than inert PE/PP in an Epidemiology environment. Physical properties are OK.

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