Corona kills the world's first antiviral steel

The University of Hong Kong's media office announced that the university's experts have created the world's first steel that can destroy the emerging coronavirus on its surface.

According to Professor Juan Minsen, who supervised the project, we were able to create a surface with "antiviral" properties by modifying the chemical composition and microstructure of stainless steel.

He says, "The new alloy is distinguished by its high content of copper, which gives it antiviral properties."

The office statement indicates that the surface of this stainless steel, which contains a high percentage of copper, kills not only the emerging coronavirus, SARS-Cov-2, but also the H1N1 influenza virus, as well as Escherichia coli as well.

The researchers point out that stainless steel, which is widely used in public places, does not have antibacterial and antiviral properties.

More than this, traces of the emerging coronavirus can be detected on its surface even after three days.

This, according to them, "poses a real risk of spreading the novel coronavirus infection among people who actively use public infrastructure."

The professor announced, the commercial production of the new steel could be launched, to replace the steel currently used in some public places, which people always touch.

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