This disclosure describes a filter medium that minimizes the adverse effects of variations in flow rate on filter medium efficiency without a corresponding increase in pressure drop. The filter medium includes a support layer, a continuous fine fiber layer, and an efficiency layer. The continuous fine fiber layer includes a continuous fine fiber that has a diameter of up to 10 micrometers and is located downstream of the efficiency layer.

The present disclosure relates to an antibacterial composition, a filter using the same, and a home appliance such as an air conditioner comprising the filter. More specifically, the antibacterial composition according to the present disclosure comprises a polymer resin, and an antibacterial additive composed of an antibacterial metal and an antibacterial metal oxide, and thus a filter manufactured therefrom has excellent antibacterial activity and also maintains antibacterial performance even if washed.

An object is to provide a blood processing filter favorable in both of the effectiveness (leukocyte removing performance) and the safety (reduction in the amount of elutable substances). The object can be achieved by a blood processing filter comprising a filtration medium including a polyester fiber, wherein a surface area of the filtration medium is 6.0 m.sup.2 or more, and a maximum absorbance of an aqueous extract of the blood processing filter in the range from 240 to 245 nm is 0.03 or less.

A nonwoven fabric, including fibers, in which the fibers have an elongational viscosity, as measured under conditions at an elongational strain rate of 2.5×10.sup.2 (1/s) and a temperature of 160° C., of from 430 Pa.Math.s to 1200 Pa.Math.s, and a ratio of the elongational viscosity (Pa.Math.s) to a shear viscosity (Pa.Math.s) of the fiber, as measured under conditions at a shear strain rate of 2.5×10.sup.2 (1/s) and a temperature of 160° C., is from 35 to 65.

Charged polymeric webs, such as electret webs, include a thermoplastic resin and a charge-enhancing additive. The additives are substituted heterocyclic thiolate salts. The heterocyclic thiolate salt has 2 nitrogen groups and a third group that may be an NH, N—NH.sub.2, O, or S group. The substituent group is an aromatic or heterocyclic aromatic group. The electret webs may be a non-woven fibrous web or a film. The electret webs are suitable for use as filter media.

A process for predicting and adjusting particle removal efficiency of fiber-based filter media based on quantification of disorder. An order parameter may be extracted through Raman spectroscopy or scanning electron microscopy. Production processes may be adjusted to change (e.g., increase) the particle removal efficiency of fiber-based filter media utilizing a predefined correlation between order parameter and particle removal efficiency. The filter media may be utilized in masks, filters, and other applications.

Provided is a filter medium. A filter medium according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first porous support body which has been electrostatically treated; and a nanofiber web which is disposed on one surface of the first support body and formed by accumulating nanofibers. Accordingly, excellent air filtering efficiency is obtained even for fine dust of PM 2.5 or below, and furthermore, deterioration in air filtering efficiency may be prevented or minimized even when usage is extended for a long period of time. Therefore, the filter medium and the composite filter according to an embodiment of the present invention can be widely utilized as media of filters for various air filtering devices.

A combination of nanoparticles applied onto a mask filtration system, exemplarily including 1%-10% graphene; 1%-10% titanium dioxide; 1%-10% zinc oxide; 1%-10% copper oxide; 1%-10% silicon dioxide; and balance solvent is provided.

A filter medium (10) for filtering a fluid, in particular for use in an interior air filter (32), comprises a spun-bonded nonwoven formed at least in part of multi-component segmented pie fibers (1) having at least a first plastic component (2) and a second plastic component (3). The multi-component fibers (1) are largely non-split and in order to manufacture same, segmented pie filaments are spun in a spun-bonding process (S4) to form a spun-bonded nonwoven (10). The segmented pie filaments then form the multi-component fibers (4), the first plastic component (2) and/or the second plastic component (3) being made in particular of a polypropylene.

An antimicrobial filter media, which includes a non-woven fabric; and an antimicrobial agent bound to the nonwoven fabric by a binder, the antimicrobial agent including silver sodium zirconium hydrogenphosphate and thiabendazole, and the silver sodium zirconium hydrogenphosphate and the thiabendazole are employed at a weight ratio of 1:1.5 to 1.5:1, to an air cleaner including the same, and to a process for preparing the same. The antimicrobial filter media includes silver sodium zirconium hydrogenphosphate and thiabendazole, as an antimicrobial agent, at a specific weight ratio. As a result, it is possible to effectively filter harmful microorganisms to supply purified air, to have excellent antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal properties at the same time, and to further enhance the durability and lifespan characteristics by virtue of excellent filter damage prevention effect.