Characterization of Filter Materials for Aerosol Research – Size Resolved Penetration

The comparison of penetrations for different types of filtration materials showed wide variety of penetration curves, MPPS and the maximum penetration. This study also confirmed our initial doubts about the standard filter efficiency testing method, regarding the used testing material, setting of MPPS and measuring only the total penetration of polydisperse aerosol. Therefore, such a study could serve also as a basis for improvements in the filter efficiency standard method, which seems to give insufficient and in some perspectives limited or even misleading information