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SUBMITTER: Battegazzore D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7698554 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Polymers 20201117 11
In a singular period, such as during a pandemic, the use of personal protective masks can become mandatory for all citizens in many places worldwide. The most used device is the disposable mask that, inevitably, generates a substantial waste flow to send to incineration or landfill. The article examines the most diffused type of disposable face mask and identifies the characteristic of the constituent materials through morphological, chemical, physical, and thermal analyses. Based on these inves ...[more]