17th International Fiber and Polymer Research Symposium

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Air permeability of printed medical masks including various layers

Authors :

Gonca ALAN¹ Ayşe ŞEVKAN MACİT² Sevcan ÜSTÜN³

1- Usak University Textile Engineering Department 64200 Uşak 2- Usak University Textile Engineering Department 64200 Uşak 3- Usak University bVocational School of Technical Sciences

Keywords :

Spunbond،Thermobond،Spunlace،Medical Mask،Air Permeability

Abstract :

Epidemic diseases that have emerged in the last century pose a great risk to human health. The use of medical masks has gained great importance, especially for the purpose of protection from respiratory diseases. There are many studies to increase the protection of medical masks and a wide variety of masks on the market. The aim of this study is to evaluate the change in air permeability properties of printed kids masks compared to unprinted masks. This evaluation was made by examining the air permeability of various medical masks according to the outer and inner layers of the masks, the number of layers and the type of outer layers (printed or unprinted). 3-layer and 4-layer masks were composed by using spunbond, meltblown, spunlace and thermobond layers in compatible weights to evaluate the air permeability feature. Thus, the effects of printed masks on air permeability could be revealed out, and the results were determined in terms of the number and type of layers on both the outer and inner of the mask in printed and unprinted medical masks. As a result of tests it was observed that the outer and inner air permeability values were slightly differed from each other and the difference between them was statistically insignificant. In addition, it can be said that there is no statistically significant decrease in the air permeability values of printed medical kids masks prepared compared to unprinted medical masks with compatible total weight in grams.