Statistics, numbers and uncertainty
C-POLAR and NanoFlashing™ questions, with the company’s answers and the sources they come from.
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All questions in this libraryDoes an ISO 20743 activity value directly state the proportion destroyed?
No. ISO 20743 is a contact test on fabric, and its activity value is a difference between a treated fabric and an untreated control.
It is not an absolute count of anything destroyed, and it is not an airborne result. The textile and mask records under that standard are these. Hong Kong Metropolitan University (formerly The Open University of Hong Kong), Test Report IRITS2020007130001R3, 7 June 2021, tested a C-POLAR spunlace textile of polyester and cotton under BS EN ISO 20743:2013. Hong Kong Metropolitan University (formerly The Open University of Hong Kong), Test Report IRITS202203250001, 25 March 2022, tested a C-POLAR PP nonwoven material under BS EN ISO 20743:2013. Hong Kong Metropolitan University (formerly The Open University of Hong Kong), Test Report 20220907001, 7 September 2022, tested the white nonwoven front layer of a C-POLAR face mask sample under BS EN ISO 20743:2013. The filter-medium record is this. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. On that MERV 15A filter medium, the report records an antibacterial activity value A = 6.4 against Staphylococcus aureus and A = 4.4 against Klebsiella pneumoniae under ISO 20743, absorption method. An activity value is a difference against an untreated control fabric. It is not a percentage destroyed and not an airborne result. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air. A result on one of those articles is not a result for another, and a contact result on fabric is not a capture result for a panel air filter in a duct.
A copy may be made available on our review of the request. Confidentiality obligations may apply to a given report.
Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Test Report IRITS2020007130001R3, 7 June 2021; Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Test Report IRITS202203250001, 25 March 2022; Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Test Report 20220907001, 7 September 2022; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/.
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- C-POLAR — Validation
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Test Report IRITS2020007130001R3, 7 June 2021
- Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Test Report IRITS202203250001, 25 March 2022
- Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Test Report 20220907001, 7 September 2022
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
Why does one description say 99.99% while another says up to 99.99%?
On the company's current pages the figure is always given with the words “up to” in front of it, and those words are part of the statement.
The home page, the Validation, NanoFlashing, Air, Water, Textile, Food and Medical pages, and the pages on viruses, bacteria and fungal spores each carry it that way, each at its own address. A version that drops “up to” states more than the company publishes.
The company's statement of what the filter does to what it captures is a mechanism, and it carries its own limits. The Statement of Classification states it at 2.6: “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.” Intended, on direct contact, by physical means, and only while captured are the limits of that statement. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air. The Terms of Use state that Site Content may become outdated after the publication or review date shown with it, and that each scientific or technical result must be read in light of its test conditions and qualifications.
Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; 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 — Terms of Use, section 13, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — NanoFlashing™ Air, https://cpolar.tech/air/; C-POLAR — NanoFlashing™ Water, https://cpolar.tech/water/; C-POLAR — NanoFlashing™ Textile, https://cpolar.tech/textile/; C-POLAR — NanoFlashing™ Food, https://cpolar.tech/food-packaging/; C-POLAR — NanoFlashing™ Medical, https://cpolar.tech/medical/; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/; C-POLAR — Home, https://cpolar.tech/; C-POLAR — Bacteria, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/bacteria/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.
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- Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- C-POLAR — Validation
- C-POLAR — NanoFlashing™
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — NanoFlashing™ Air
- C-POLAR — NanoFlashing™ Water
- C-POLAR — NanoFlashing™ Textile
- C-POLAR — NanoFlashing™ Food
- C-POLAR — NanoFlashing™ Medical
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
- C-POLAR — Home
- C-POLAR — Bacteria
What denominator, comparison and exposure conditions sit behind the stated percentage?
The stated percentage is the Validation page's “up to 99.99%” for a broad spectrum of viruses, bacteria and fungal spores, given with the pathogens, conditions and institutes the page lists; the denominator, the comparison and the exposure conditions of each result are in the report that recorded it, for the article that report tested.
What the company states about a named test is the institution, the date, the article tested and, where the report carries them, the report number and the standard. The Validation page names each report and certificate in its tested and certified list by institution and number. Under wildfire smoke and ultrafine particles the records are LMS Technologies, Report LMS#9904, 28 April 2025, a single-pass fractional efficiency test on a 24 × 24 × 2 in. pleated air filter in an ASHRAE 52.2 test duct, in accordance with standard LMS aerosol test procedures, and Report 6847, ASHRAE 52.2 with Appendix J, and Eurovent Certita Certification, Certificate No. 15.06.011. Report 6847 is on a 24 × 24 × 30 in. pocket filter and Certificate No. 15.06.011 on a ten-pocket bag filter, not on a flat panel filter, and a rating belongs to the construction that was tested and to the conditions in the report. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air. The denominator of a result, the comparison it was measured against and the exposure conditions it was measured under are set out in the report that recorded it, and they are read with it. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.”
A copy may be made available on our review of the request. Confidentiality obligations may apply to a given report. Certificate No. 15.06.011 can be looked up at source in the Eurovent Certita Certification certified product directory.
Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Eurovent Certita Certification certified product directory, read 19 September 2026, https://www.eurovent-certification.com/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/.
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- C-POLAR — Validation
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Eurovent Certita Certification certified product directory, read 19 September 2026
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
How do detection limits, non-detects and uncertainty affect the stated performance result?
Detection limits, non-detects and uncertainty are read from the report that recorded the result, and the company's pages do not restate them.
The company's pages do not carry statistical detail, and the company does not restate it.
The Validation page names each report and certificate in its tested and certified list by institution and number, and the Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” An interval, an error bar, a detection limit, a non-detect, a rounding rule and the handling of a missing value belong to the report that states them, and they are read with it. An institution's name is not a result: the test, the article and the standard are what a result rests on. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air.
Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.
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- C-POLAR — Validation
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
What statistical support exists for generalizing the reported result beyond the tested samples?
The company publishes no statistical basis for generalising a result beyond the samples tested.
A result covers the samples it was measured on.
The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” They also state: “A test of C-POLAR material, a component, or a prototype does not establish the performance of a finished product that incorporates it. Construction, processing, storage, wear, cleaning, other components, and actual use may change the result.” A laboratory report describes what that test found on the article tested; it does not establish performance in a building, over a service life, or under conditions it did not test. One laboratory and its subcontractor can issue several documents about one test, so a count of documents is not a weight of evidence. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air.
What can be checked on any filter is the charge. The polarity is a positive electric charge at rest. It is measured as surface charge density, in nanocoulombs per square centimetre. The charge is measured on every production run, and the measurement can be repeated on any filter, upon request.
Source: C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, sections 2.2 and 2.3, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.; C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.
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- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.
- C-POLAR — Validation
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
Are repeated measures on one sample being distinguished from independent samples in the evidence summary?
The company publishes no evidence summary of its own; each result stays with the report and the samples it came from.
A result covers the samples it was measured on.
The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” They also state: “A test of C-POLAR material, a component, or a prototype does not establish the performance of a finished product that incorporates it. Construction, processing, storage, wear, cleaning, other components, and actual use may change the result.” A laboratory report describes what that test found on the article tested; it does not establish performance in a building, over a service life, or under conditions it did not test. One laboratory and its subcontractor can issue several documents about one test, so a count of documents is not a weight of evidence. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air.
What can be checked on any filter is the charge. The polarity is a positive electric charge at rest. It is measured as surface charge density, in nanocoulombs per square centimetre. The charge is measured on every production run, and the measurement can be repeated on any filter, upon request.
Source: C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, sections 2.2 and 2.3, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.; C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.
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- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.
- C-POLAR — Validation
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
Has the charge-retention calculation in the legal-position record been reconciled with the original measurements?
The company's two statements carry no efficacy calculation, and each says so in its own words.
The Statement of Classification states at 1.3 that it addresses the classification question only and that it states no efficacy data, and the Statement of Regulatory Status states the same at 1.3. What those documents record about the charge is how it is measured. The polarity is a positive electric charge at rest. It is measured as surface charge density, in nanocoulombs per square centimetre. The NanoFlashing manufacturing process produces the charge. The process acts on the filter by physical means. The charge is measured on every production run, and the measurement can be repeated on any filter, upon request.
Source: Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, sections 1.3, 2.2 and 2.3, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.; Statement of Regulatory Status for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, sections 1.3, 2.2 and 2.3, C-POLAR Technologies, Inc., 11 September 2026.
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- Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.
- Statement of Regulatory Status for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, C-POLAR Technologies, Inc., 11 September 2026
Is the headline percentage an average, a median or the best observed result?
The headline figure is the Validation page's “up to 99.99%”; the words “up to” are part of it, the page does not present it as an average or a median, and each result behind it is in the report that recorded it, for the article that report tested.
What the company states about a named test is the institution, the date, the article tested and, where the report carries them, the report number and the standard. The Validation page names each report and certificate in its tested and certified list by institution and number. Under wildfire smoke and ultrafine particles the records are LMS Technologies, Report LMS#9904, 28 April 2025, a single-pass fractional efficiency test on a 24 × 24 × 2 in. pleated air filter in an ASHRAE 52.2 test duct, in accordance with standard LMS aerosol test procedures, and Report 6847, ASHRAE 52.2 with Appendix J, and Eurovent Certita Certification, Certificate No. 15.06.011. Report 6847 is on a 24 × 24 × 30 in. pocket filter and Certificate No. 15.06.011 on a ten-pocket bag filter, not on a flat panel filter, and a rating belongs to the construction that was tested and to the conditions in the report. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air. The denominator of a result, the comparison it was measured against and the exposure conditions it was measured under are set out in the report that recorded it, and they are read with it. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.”
A copy may be made available on our review of the request. Confidentiality obligations may apply to a given report. Certificate No. 15.06.011 can be looked up at source in the Eurovent Certita Certification certified product directory.
Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Eurovent Certita Certification certified product directory, read 19 September 2026, https://www.eurovent-certification.com/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/.
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- C-POLAR — Validation
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Eurovent Certita Certification certified product directory, read 19 September 2026
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
Does the reported value combine different target types into one number?
The Validation page's “up to 99.99%” is one statement covering a broad spectrum of viruses, bacteria and fungal spores; each numbered report gives its own value for its own organism, standard and article.
What the company states about a named test is the institution, the date, the article tested and, where the report carries them, the report number and the standard. The Validation page names each report and certificate in its tested and certified list by institution and number. Under wildfire smoke and ultrafine particles the records are LMS Technologies, Report LMS#9904, 28 April 2025, a single-pass fractional efficiency test on a 24 × 24 × 2 in. pleated air filter in an ASHRAE 52.2 test duct, in accordance with standard LMS aerosol test procedures, and Report 6847, ASHRAE 52.2 with Appendix J, and Eurovent Certita Certification, Certificate No. 15.06.011. Report 6847 is on a 24 × 24 × 30 in. pocket filter and Certificate No. 15.06.011 on a ten-pocket bag filter, not on a flat panel filter, and a rating belongs to the construction that was tested and to the conditions in the report. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air. The denominator of a result, the comparison it was measured against and the exposure conditions it was measured under are set out in the report that recorded it, and they are read with it. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.”
A copy may be made available on our review of the request. Confidentiality obligations may apply to a given report. Certificate No. 15.06.011 can be looked up at source in the Eurovent Certita Certification certified product directory.
Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Eurovent Certita Certification certified product directory, read 19 September 2026, https://www.eurovent-certification.com/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/.
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- C-POLAR — Validation
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Eurovent Certita Certification certified product directory, read 19 September 2026
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
Are confidence intervals available for each reported result?
The company publishes no confidence intervals; any interval a laboratory reported is in its report.
The company's pages do not carry statistical detail, and the company does not restate it.
The Validation page names each report and certificate in its tested and certified list by institution and number, and the Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” An interval, an error bar, a detection limit, a non-detect, a rounding rule and the handling of a missing value belong to the report that states them, and they are read with it. An institution's name is not a result: the test, the article and the standard are what a result rests on. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air.
Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.
Reviewed on .
Sources
- C-POLAR — Validation
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
Was uncertainty propagated through the calculation of percentage reduction?
The company publishes no uncertainty calculation, and it does not restate how a laboratory handled uncertainty.
The company's pages do not carry statistical detail, and the company does not restate it.
The Validation page names each report and certificate in its tested and certified list by institution and number, and the Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” An interval, an error bar, a detection limit, a non-detect, a rounding rule and the handling of a missing value belong to the report that states them, and they are read with it. An institution's name is not a result: the test, the article and the standard are what a result rests on. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air.
Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.
Reviewed on .
Sources
- C-POLAR — Validation
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
How are zero-valued measurements represented in a logarithmic result?
The company does not restate how a laboratory recorded a zero count in a logarithmic result.
The company's pages do not carry statistical detail, and the company does not restate it.
The Validation page names each report and certificate in its tested and certified list by institution and number, and the Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” An interval, an error bar, a detection limit, a non-detect, a rounding rule and the handling of a missing value belong to the report that states them, and they are read with it. An institution's name is not a result: the test, the article and the standard are what a result rests on. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air.
Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.
Reviewed on .
Sources
- C-POLAR — Validation
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
Does rounding make the public percentage look more precise than the data support?
The public figure is the Validation page's “up to 99.99%”, and the words “up to” are part of it; the precision and the rounding of each result are those of the report that recorded it, for the article that report tested.
What the company states about a named test is the institution, the date, the article tested and, where the report carries them, the report number and the standard. The Validation page names each report and certificate in its tested and certified list by institution and number. Under wildfire smoke and ultrafine particles the records are LMS Technologies, Report LMS#9904, 28 April 2025, a single-pass fractional efficiency test on a 24 × 24 × 2 in. pleated air filter in an ASHRAE 52.2 test duct, in accordance with standard LMS aerosol test procedures, and Report 6847, ASHRAE 52.2 with Appendix J, and Eurovent Certita Certification, Certificate No. 15.06.011. Report 6847 is on a 24 × 24 × 30 in. pocket filter and Certificate No. 15.06.011 on a ten-pocket bag filter, not on a flat panel filter, and a rating belongs to the construction that was tested and to the conditions in the report. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air. The denominator of a result, the comparison it was measured against and the exposure conditions it was measured under are set out in the report that recorded it, and they are read with it. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.”
A copy may be made available on our review of the request. Confidentiality obligations may apply to a given report. Certificate No. 15.06.011 can be looked up at source in the Eurovent Certita Certification certified product directory.
Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Eurovent Certita Certification certified product directory, read 19 September 2026, https://www.eurovent-certification.com/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/.
Reviewed on .
Sources
- C-POLAR — Validation
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Eurovent Certita Certification certified product directory, read 19 September 2026
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
Can a result stated to four decimal places be justified by the measurement precision?
The public figure is the Validation page's “up to 99.99%”, and the words “up to” are part of it; the precision and the rounding of each result are those of the report that recorded it, for the article that report tested.
What the company states about a named test is the institution, the date, the article tested and, where the report carries them, the report number and the standard. The Validation page names each report and certificate in its tested and certified list by institution and number. Under wildfire smoke and ultrafine particles the records are LMS Technologies, Report LMS#9904, 28 April 2025, a single-pass fractional efficiency test on a 24 × 24 × 2 in. pleated air filter in an ASHRAE 52.2 test duct, in accordance with standard LMS aerosol test procedures, and Report 6847, ASHRAE 52.2 with Appendix J, and Eurovent Certita Certification, Certificate No. 15.06.011. Report 6847 is on a 24 × 24 × 30 in. pocket filter and Certificate No. 15.06.011 on a ten-pocket bag filter, not on a flat panel filter, and a rating belongs to the construction that was tested and to the conditions in the report. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air. The denominator of a result, the comparison it was measured against and the exposure conditions it was measured under are set out in the report that recorded it, and they are read with it. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.”
A copy may be made available on our review of the request. Confidentiality obligations may apply to a given report. Certificate No. 15.06.011 can be looked up at source in the Eurovent Certita Certification certified product directory.
Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Eurovent Certita Certification certified product directory, read 19 September 2026, https://www.eurovent-certification.com/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/.
Reviewed on .
Sources
- C-POLAR — Validation
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Eurovent Certita Certification certified product directory, read 19 September 2026
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
Were multiple comparisons accounted for when selecting a statistically significant finding?
The company publishes no statistical analysis of its own; any comparison a laboratory made is in its report.
The company's pages do not carry statistical detail, and the company does not restate it.
The Validation page names each report and certificate in its tested and certified list by institution and number, and the Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” An interval, an error bar, a detection limit, a non-detect, a rounding rule and the handling of a missing value belong to the report that states them, and they are read with it. An institution's name is not a result: the test, the article and the standard are what a result rests on. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air.
Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.
Reviewed on .
Sources
- C-POLAR — Validation
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
Is the size of the effect practically meaningful even if it is statistically significant?
The company publishes no effect-size analysis, and a laboratory result describes that test only, not a benefit in use.
The company's pages do not carry statistical detail, and the company does not restate it.
The Validation page names each report and certificate in its tested and certified list by institution and number, and the Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” An interval, an error bar, a detection limit, a non-detect, a rounding rule and the handling of a missing value belong to the report that states them, and they are read with it. An institution's name is not a result: the test, the article and the standard are what a result rests on. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air.
Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.
Reviewed on .
Sources
- C-POLAR — Validation
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
Could a small study fail to detect a meaningful difference between products?
This site publishes no power analysis for any study.
A result covers the samples it was measured on.
The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” They also state: “A test of C-POLAR material, a component, or a prototype does not establish the performance of a finished product that incorporates it. Construction, processing, storage, wear, cleaning, other components, and actual use may change the result.” A laboratory report describes what that test found on the article tested; it does not establish performance in a building, over a service life, or under conditions it did not test. One laboratory and its subcontractor can issue several documents about one test, so a count of documents is not a weight of evidence. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air.
What can be checked on any filter is the charge. The polarity is a positive electric charge at rest. It is measured as surface charge density, in nanocoulombs per square centimetre. The charge is measured on every production run, and the measurement can be repeated on any filter, upon request.
Source: C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, sections 2.2 and 2.3, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.; C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.
Reviewed on .
Sources
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.
- C-POLAR — Validation
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
Does the analysis treat multiple measurements from the same lot as independent evidence?
The company publishes no analysis that combines measurements from one lot.
A result covers the samples it was measured on.
The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” They also state: “A test of C-POLAR material, a component, or a prototype does not establish the performance of a finished product that incorporates it. Construction, processing, storage, wear, cleaning, other components, and actual use may change the result.” A laboratory report describes what that test found on the article tested; it does not establish performance in a building, over a service life, or under conditions it did not test. One laboratory and its subcontractor can issue several documents about one test, so a count of documents is not a weight of evidence. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air.
What can be checked on any filter is the charge. The polarity is a positive electric charge at rest. It is measured as surface charge density, in nanocoulombs per square centimetre. The charge is measured on every production run, and the measurement can be repeated on any filter, upon request.
Source: C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, sections 2.2 and 2.3, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.; C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.
Reviewed on .
Sources
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.
- C-POLAR — Validation
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
Are results weighted by sample size when studies are combined?
The company publishes no combined analysis of studies, so it applies no weighting.
A result covers the samples it was measured on.
The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” They also state: “A test of C-POLAR material, a component, or a prototype does not establish the performance of a finished product that incorporates it. Construction, processing, storage, wear, cleaning, other components, and actual use may change the result.” A laboratory report describes what that test found on the article tested; it does not establish performance in a building, over a service life, or under conditions it did not test. One laboratory and its subcontractor can issue several documents about one test, so a count of documents is not a weight of evidence. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air.
What can be checked on any filter is the charge. The polarity is a positive electric charge at rest. It is measured as surface charge density, in nanocoulombs per square centimetre. The charge is measured on every production run, and the measurement can be repeated on any filter, upon request.
Source: C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, sections 2.2 and 2.3, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.; C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.
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Sources
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.
- C-POLAR — Validation
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
Does a pooled figure hide a poorly performing product variant?
The company publishes no pooled analysis across product variants.
A result covers the samples it was measured on.
The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” They also state: “A test of C-POLAR material, a component, or a prototype does not establish the performance of a finished product that incorporates it. Construction, processing, storage, wear, cleaning, other components, and actual use may change the result.” A laboratory report describes what that test found on the article tested; it does not establish performance in a building, over a service life, or under conditions it did not test. One laboratory and its subcontractor can issue several documents about one test, so a count of documents is not a weight of evidence. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air.
What can be checked on any filter is the charge. The polarity is a positive electric charge at rest. It is measured as surface charge density, in nanocoulombs per square centimetre. The charge is measured on every production run, and the measurement can be repeated on any filter, upon request.
Source: C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, sections 2.2 and 2.3, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.; C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.
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Sources
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.
- C-POLAR — Validation
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
Were outliers removed symmetrically from treated and comparison groups?
The company publishes no outlier rule, and it does not restate how a laboratory handled its data.
The company's pages do not carry statistical detail, and the company does not restate it.
The Validation page names each report and certificate in its tested and certified list by institution and number, and the Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” An interval, an error bar, a detection limit, a non-detect, a rounding rule and the handling of a missing value belong to the report that states them, and they are read with it. An institution's name is not a result: the test, the article and the standard are what a result rests on. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air.
Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.
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Sources
- C-POLAR — Validation
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
How sensitive is the conclusion to the handling of missing values?
The company publishes no sensitivity analysis, and it does not restate how a laboratory handled a missing value.
The company's pages do not carry statistical detail, and the company does not restate it.
The Validation page names each report and certificate in its tested and certified list by institution and number, and the Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” An interval, an error bar, a detection limit, a non-detect, a rounding rule and the handling of a missing value belong to the report that states them, and they are read with it. An institution's name is not a result: the test, the article and the standard are what a result rests on. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air.
Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.
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Sources
- C-POLAR — Validation
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
Is variability between manufacturing lots included in the uncertainty estimate?
The company publishes no uncertainty estimate across manufacturing lots.
A result covers the samples it was measured on.
The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” They also state: “A test of C-POLAR material, a component, or a prototype does not establish the performance of a finished product that incorporates it. Construction, processing, storage, wear, cleaning, other components, and actual use may change the result.” A laboratory report describes what that test found on the article tested; it does not establish performance in a building, over a service life, or under conditions it did not test. One laboratory and its subcontractor can issue several documents about one test, so a count of documents is not a weight of evidence. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air.
What can be checked on any filter is the charge. The polarity is a positive electric charge at rest. It is measured as surface charge density, in nanocoulombs per square centimetre. The charge is measured on every production run, and the measurement can be repeated on any filter, upon request.
Source: C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, sections 2.2 and 2.3, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.; C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.
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Sources
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.
- C-POLAR — Validation
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
Does the graph start at a value that visually exaggerates the difference?
The page publishes the chart's own measurements as a table, point for point, so the drawing can be checked against the numbers it was made from.
The NanoFlashing page carries a chart of filtration efficiency against particle size, and beneath it the same measurements in a table, at eleven particle sizes from 16 to 604 nanometres, for a NanoFlashing™ MERV-13 filter and a conventional MERV-13 filter. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.”
Source: C-POLAR — NanoFlashing™, https://cpolar.tech/nanoflashing/; C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/.
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All questionsAre error bars showing standard deviation, standard error or a confidence interval?
The company publishes no statement of what an error bar shows, and it does not restate how a laboratory presented its data.
The company's pages do not carry statistical detail, and the company does not restate it.
The Validation page names each report and certificate in its tested and certified list by institution and number, and the Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” An interval, an error bar, a detection limit, a non-detect, a rounding rule and the handling of a missing value belong to the report that states them, and they are read with it. An institution's name is not a result: the test, the article and the standard are what a result rests on. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air.
Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.
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Sources
- C-POLAR — Validation
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
Can a percentage relative to a control be confused with percentage of the starting amount?
Yes.
An activity value is a difference against an untreated control fabric; it is not a percentage destroyed and not an airborne result. What the company states about a named test is the institution, the date, the article tested and, where the report carries them, the report number and the standard.
The Validation page names each report and certificate in its tested and certified list by institution and number. Under wildfire smoke and ultrafine particles the records are LMS Technologies, Report LMS#9904, 28 April 2025, a single-pass fractional efficiency test on a 24 × 24 × 2 in. pleated air filter in an ASHRAE 52.2 test duct, in accordance with standard LMS aerosol test procedures, and Report 6847, ASHRAE 52.2 with Appendix J, and Eurovent Certita Certification, Certificate No. 15.06.011. Report 6847 is on a 24 × 24 × 30 in. pocket filter and Certificate No. 15.06.011 on a ten-pocket bag filter, not on a flat panel filter, and a rating belongs to the construction that was tested and to the conditions in the report. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air. The denominator of a result, the comparison it was measured against and the exposure conditions it was measured under are set out in the report that recorded it, and they are read with it. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.”
A copy may be made available on our review of the request. Confidentiality obligations may apply to a given report. Certificate No. 15.06.011 can be looked up at source in the Eurovent Certita Certification certified product directory.
Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Eurovent Certita Certification certified product directory, read 19 September 2026, https://www.eurovent-certification.com/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/.
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Sources
- C-POLAR — Validation
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Eurovent Certita Certification certified product directory, read 19 September 2026
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
Does a claim of equivalence come from an equivalence analysis or from a nonsignificant difference?
The company publishes no equivalence analysis.
A result covers the samples it was measured on.
The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” They also state: “A test of C-POLAR material, a component, or a prototype does not establish the performance of a finished product that incorporates it. Construction, processing, storage, wear, cleaning, other components, and actual use may change the result.” A laboratory report describes what that test found on the article tested; it does not establish performance in a building, over a service life, or under conditions it did not test. One laboratory and its subcontractor can issue several documents about one test, so a count of documents is not a weight of evidence. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air.
What can be checked on any filter is the charge. The polarity is a positive electric charge at rest. It is measured as surface charge density, in nanocoulombs per square centimetre. The charge is measured on every production run, and the measurement can be repeated on any filter, upon request.
Source: C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, sections 2.2 and 2.3, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.; C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.
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Sources
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.
- C-POLAR — Validation
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
Can cumulative percentages from successive stages be multiplied using the actual dependencies?
The company publishes no calculation that multiplies percentages from successive stages.
A result covers the samples it was measured on.
The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” They also state: “A test of C-POLAR material, a component, or a prototype does not establish the performance of a finished product that incorporates it. Construction, processing, storage, wear, cleaning, other components, and actual use may change the result.” A laboratory report describes what that test found on the article tested; it does not establish performance in a building, over a service life, or under conditions it did not test. One laboratory and its subcontractor can issue several documents about one test, so a count of documents is not a weight of evidence. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air.
What can be checked on any filter is the charge. The polarity is a positive electric charge at rest. It is measured as surface charge density, in nanocoulombs per square centimetre. The charge is measured on every production run, and the measurement can be repeated on any filter, upon request.
Source: C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, sections 2.2 and 2.3, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.; C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.
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Sources
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.
- C-POLAR — Validation
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
Is a claimed trend robust to a different reasonable model of the same data?
The company publishes no statistical model and no trend analysis.
The company's pages do not carry statistical detail, and the company does not restate it.
The Validation page names each report and certificate in its tested and certified list by institution and number, and the Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” An interval, an error bar, a detection limit, a non-detect, a rounding rule and the handling of a missing value belong to the report that states them, and they are read with it. An institution's name is not a result: the test, the article and the standard are what a result rests on. The numbered reports on the pathogen testing of filter media are these. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a VOLZ PROsyntex PLUS PM1 70 filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Each is a contact test on the medium against an untreated control, not an airborne result and not a result for a finished filter in a building. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air.
Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.
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Sources
- C-POLAR — Validation
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold
Is there a single way to compare the very different-looking numbers cited for evidence — a logarithm of antiviral activity of 4.34, an ISO 20743 activity value of 6.4, and “up to 99.99%”?
No. The two report values are each a difference against an untreated control, under their own standard and on their own article, and “up to 99.99%” is the Validation page's own statement, given with the pathogens, conditions and institutes it lists.
Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014, and the report records a logarithm of antiviral activity of 4.34. ISO 18184 measures virus recovered from treated textile against an untreated control; it is a contact test on the medium, not an airborne or in-use result. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium, and it records an antibacterial activity value of A = 6.4 against Staphylococcus aureus under ISO 20743, absorption method. An activity value is a difference against an untreated control fabric. It is not a percentage destroyed and not an airborne result. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air. The Validation page states: “Independent testing shows NanoFlashing™ destroys up to 99.99% of a broad spectrum of viruses, bacteria and fungal spores through a physical mechanism.” Each result belongs to the article and the standard named in its own report. A test on one article is not a result for another article.
Source: Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.
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Sources
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020
- Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026
- C-POLAR — Validation
- C-POLAR — Viruses
- C-POLAR — Mold