A provided stretched porous polytetrafluoroethylene membrane has a node-fibril structure including a plurality of nodes and a fibril connecting the plurality of nodes. A ratio of an average length of the plurality of nodes in a thickness direction of the stretched porous polytetrafluoroethylene membrane to a thickness of the stretched porous polytetrafluoroethylene membrane is 10% or more. The above stretched porous polytetrafluoroethylene membrane is less likely to suffer breakage. In the above stretched porous polytetrafluoroethylene membrane, assuming that there is a cuboid region having an upper surface and a lower surface respectively positioned at one membrane surface and the other membrane surface of the stretched porous polytetrafluoroethylene membrane, the number of the nodes included in the region may be 4 or less per micrometer thickness, the upper surface and the lower surface each having dimensions of 280 μm×280 μm.

The invention relates to a method for recycling respiratory protection masks comprising a plurality of layers manufactured from a single thermoplastic polymer chosen from polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polylactic acid, homopolymers and copolymers of polyamide 6 (PA6) and long-chain polyamides such as PA11 or PA12, and comprising a filtration layer made of polyvinylidene fluoride.

Provided is a porous polytetrafluoroethylene membrane in which an absolute value of a difference in lightness between one principal surface and the other principal surface is 1.0 or more, where the lightness is lightness L* of CIE 1976 (L*, a*, b*) color space specified in JIS Z8781-4: 2013. The porous polytetrafluoroethylene membrane may be colored black or gray. The porous polytetrafluoroethylene membrane provided can have properties with a reduced coloring-induced deterioration.

Provided is an internal pressure adjustment member to be attached to an outer surface of a housing, the member having high air permeability even when a differential pressure that can be generated between the inside and the outside of a housing to which the internal pressure adjustment member is attached is small, and inhibiting damage to the member and a reduction in the air permeability of the member due to coming soil and mud. The internal pressure adjustment member includes: a filter portion including a net-like or mesh-like support layer and first and second porous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membranes laminated on the support layer such that the support layer is interposed therebetween, the first porous PTFE membrane being exposed on one surface of the filter portion, the second porous PTFE membrane being exposed on another surface of the filter portion; and an adhesive portion, formed on the one surface of the filter portion, for attaching the filter portion to the outer surface of the housing. The first porous PTFE membrane and the second porous PTFE membrane each have an average pore diameter of 2.0 μm or more, the filter portion has a thickness of 140 μm or less, and the filter portion has a density of 0.60 g/cm.sup.3 or less.

The present application relates to an integrated washer-dryer, including a box body, an inner and outer drum assembly installed in the box body, a drying air duct provided between the box body and the inner and outer drum assembly, and a heat exchange device provided in the drying air duct. An air inlet and an air outlet of the drying air duct are both in communication with the inner and outer drum assembly, the air inlet is configured with a first filter member, and a second filter member is provided between the first filter member and the heat exchange device. A water spray nozzle is provided within the drying air duct, and the water spray nozzle is provided between the first filter member and the second filter member, and is used for washing off debris trapped on the first filter member.

Provided is a hydrogen separation filter allowing a hydrogen purification at a lower temperature than conventional one, and a method for manufacturing the same. A hydrogen separation filter includes a porous substrate, a lattice expansion layer formed on the porous substrate and containing a first material, and a hydrogen dissociation and transmission layer formed on the lattice expansion layer and containing a second material selected from the group consisting of Pd, V, Ta, Ti, Nb, and alloys thereof. The first material and the second material have a same crystalline structure. A lattice constant a.sub.1, bulk of a first bulk material having a same composition and a same crystalline structure as the first material and a lattice constant a.sub.2, bulk of a second bulk material having a same composition and a same crystalline structure as the second material satisfy a formula (1):

[00001]$1.03a_{2,bulk}\le a_{1,bulk}\le 1.15a_{2,bulk}$

A filter medium for removing contaminants from water includes a matrix including a plurality of fibers having an electrostatic charge such that the matrix is configured to remove contaminants from water by electrostatic attraction. The filter medium further includes a filler material including a ceramic substrate containing a mineral. The filler material is embedded in the matrix. When water flows through the filter medium, the mineral at least partially dissolves in the water such that a cavity is formed in the matrix in a location of the at least partially dissolved mineral.

The disclosure relates to a mask including a perforated exterior shell sized to cover the nose and mouth of a user and constructed of one or more fabric layers, and a removable multi-layer nonwoven fabric insert sized to cover the nose and mouth of a user and adapted for abutting contact with the exterior shell, the nonwoven fabric including a layer of a spunbond material and a layer of meltblown material adjacent to the layer of spunbond material.

Air filter media comprising at least one active bead layer comprises an antistatic agent and polyethylenimine coated polymeric beads that can provide better formaldehyde abatement properties than incumbent activated carbon filters and can be prepared by using existing processing facilities for manufacture of incumbent activated carbon filters.

A spunbond non-woven fabric includes a thermoplastic continuous filament. A CV value of air permeability of the non-woven fabric is 15% or less, bending resistance in a machine direction of the non-woven fabric is 40 mN or more and 80 mN or less, the non-woven fabric includes a projected part and a recessed part, and in a non-woven fabric cross-section, a thickness from one surface to another surface of the projected part is determined to be t.sub.A, a thickness from one surface to another surface of the recessed part is determined to be t.sub.B, and respective distances from one surface of the projected part to one surface of the recessed part are determined to be t.sub.C and t.sub.D (t.sub.C<t.sub.D), and the non-woven fabric has a relation represented by formulas (1) and (2) below:

0.5≤1−t.sub.B/t.sub.A<1.0  (1)

0.65<t.sub.C/t.sub.D<1.0  (2).