The effectiveness of what I am proposing has been proven effective for this application already as a method to disinfect air and decontaminate surfaces at biolabs. According to this product listing, anionic sprays are in use for disinfecting and decontamination of surfaces, unwashable medical instruments, and air in enclosed environments.
Ionizers use this principle because they are anionic attracting viruses and bacteria to clear the air in a room.
Anionic surfactants are used to decontaminate personal protective equipment (PPE) at bio-labs.
"Solutions containing anionic surfactant such as SDS, with a high efficiency/safety ratio, proved most promising in terms of surface decontamination."
In Efficacy of five commercial disinfectants and one anionic surfactant against equine herpesvirus type 1 anionic surfactants are shown to have a virucidal effect. They kill virus particles caught in them.
We investigated the influences of various reaction conditions on equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) disinfection by 5 commercial disinfectants (3 quaternary ammonium compounds [QACs] and 2 chlorine-based disinfectants) and 1 anionic surfactant. QACs at their highest recommended concentrations had no virucidal effect on EHV-1 with a 10-min reaction time at 0Â degreesC or a 1-min reaction time at room temperature. Chlorine-based disinfectants achieved EHV-1 disinfection with a 10-min reaction time at � ˆ'10Â degreesC or a 30-sec reaction time at room temperature. In the presence of 5% fetal bovine serum, QACs (except for benzalkonium chloride) showed more stable virucidal effects than did chlorine-based disinfectants. The virucidal effect of the anionic surfactant was almost equivalent to that of the QACs.
Why anionic surfactants work in layman's termsFrom Vox; How soap absolutely annihilates the coronavirus, Palli Thordarson, a chemistry professor at the University of New South Wales describes why anionic surfactants like household soap which includes laundry and dish detergent detergent are so deadly to COVID-19.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends washing hands with soap and water as the top way to clean our hands.
Now, lucky for us, coronaviruses are a bit like the oil mentioned in the above example: bits of genetic information - encoded by RNA - surrounded by a coat of fat and protein. Thordarson likes to call viruses "nano-sized grease balls." And grease balls, no matter the size, are the exact type of thing soap loves to annihilate.
Soap, Thordarson explains, is common phrase for what chemists call "amphiphiles (anionic surfactants)." These are molecules that have a dual nature. One end of the molecule is attracted to water and repelled by fats and proteins. The other side of the molecule is attracted to fats and is repelled by water. (If you're looking out for product labels, the most common soap is "sodium laureth sulfate (product ingredient that is the anionic surfactant)"
Distribution and Logistics
Fortunately, anionic surfactants are typically found "-in most household cleaning products like dishwashing, soaps, and laundry detergent. They have a negative charge (-). This property is responsible for lifting grease and grime from clothing and dishes because of this.
The liquid or gel laundry or dish detergent would be mixed in very low concentrations with water and distributed from an atomizing sprayer such as a pump-action spray bottle or perfume atomizer.
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