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Running Head: WEEK 5 MIDWEEK ASSIGNMENT 0

Week 5 Midweek Assignment

Yulak Landa

Dr. Sandra Allen

April 22nd, 2020

Theoretical Framework

Overview

Determination of the effectiveness of both standard face masks and respiratory face mask under high-risk exposure is essential. It will provide a guide on what both our medical caregivers and the general population should use in the face of the deadly coronavirus outbreak. For this research, the theory of filtration of air particles and aerosol filtration theories will help us understand more about the above subject. The two theories talk about the media through which air particles are filtered. The models postulate that the media used for filtering the airborne particles do not produce the same results. For this reason, it outlines various situations that different aerosol filtration methods are useful based on the concentration and the density of the particles (Pich, 2018).

Theory Guiding Proposition(s)

The theory of filtration got the following constructs:

Aerosols: these are solids and liquid airborne particles which range between 0.001 and 100 nanometers.

Airborne contaminants: vapors, gases, aerosols

Air filtration: involves removing these contaminants from the air

Inertia impaction: occurs due to rapid change in streamline

Diffusion: movement from the region of high concentration to low concentration regions

Electrostatic attraction: the force exerted by two unlike changes

Theory application

This theory will be used in this study as the purpose of the study is to determine how the two masks can filter out the small particles generated when a person talks, sneezes, or coughs. The theory will help us examine if the tiny particles can be filtered in the standard face masks as it happens in N95 masks. We shall apply the three mechanisms of filtering air from the atmosphere, which is the diffusion, inertia impaction, and electrostatic attraction. It shall help us not just in observing how the two masks traps or lets in the aerosols, specifically Covid -19 viruses but also the ability to hold them tightly in their fibers to avoid them getting through the respirator. It is very crucial as all masks have pores that facilitate the breathing process (Pich, 2018).

References

Pich, J. (2018). The theory of aerosol filtration and its application, Ustroń - Jaszowiec, Poland. Journal of Aerosol Science. doi:10.1016/0021-850290163-