What is the published, testable meaning of “fragile structure” — which captured organisms qualify, and which do not?
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What is the published, testable meaning of “fragile structure” — which captured organisms qualify, and which do not?
The company publishes no separate definition of “fragile structure”; the phrase is part of its own description of the mechanism, and the organisms it names are the ones the Validation page lists as tested.
The NanoFlashing™ page states: “Once attracted, the particle is captured by NanoFlashing™. When a captured pollutant has a fragile structure, NanoFlashing™ destroys it on contact through a physical mechanism.” The filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures. It destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge. The Validation page lists seven viruses: SARS-CoV-2, human coronavirus 229E, Coxsackievirus B6, bovine coronavirus, pseudo-type SARS-CoV-2, influenza A H3N2 and Phi6 bacteriophage. It lists five bacteria: Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus faecalis. It lists four fungi: Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus brasiliensis, Aspergillus niger and Candida albicans. The page lists them with the institutions that tested them. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.”
Source: C-POLAR — NanoFlashing™, https://cpolar.tech/nanoflashing/; Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, section 2.6, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.; C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/.
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Sources
- C-POLAR — NanoFlashing™
- Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, section 2.6, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.
- C-POLAR — Validation
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3