Do Austin Air purifiers protect against airborne chemicals?
The pollutants emitted in the air from these incidents can be highly toxic. However, the medical grade HEPA technology we use in our filters is clinically proven to remove 99% of particulates and other pollutants as small as 0.1 microns. And Austin Air purifiers use a lot of HEPA – 60 square feet to be exact. That’s far more than any other purifier on the market.
But the big question is what about the chemicals? It’s carbon that adsorbs chemicals, gasses and VOCs. Austin Air purifiers use a unique blend of activated carbon, potassium iodide impregnated carbon, and zeolite. Some of our competitors also use carbon – maybe two-to-five pounds of it. But we use up to 15 lbs. That’s a huge difference.
Another difference: we are also the only air purification system on the market that uses High Efficiency Gas Absorption, or HEGA. The HEGA cloth in the Austin Air purifiers was initially developed by the British Armed Forces in the 1970s as protection against chemical and gas warfare. It was initially used – and still is to this day – as a protective layer in military clothing and masks to protect against chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear (CBRN) agents. A single gram of HEGA cloth has a surface area equivalent to half the size of a football fiel