Virology Journal

Table 3 Absorptive capacity of carpet fibers

From: Persistence of two coronaviruses and efficacy of steam vapor disinfection on two types of carpet

Sample^a	Vol added (mL)	Residual wt (µg)^b
PET	0.500	6.2 ± 1.3^A
	0.550	7.2 ± 1.8^AB
	0.600	8.5 ± 2.3^AB
	0.650	12.5 ± 5.2^BC
	0.700	15.3 ± 5.2^C
Nylon	0.400	5.7 ± 1.0^A
	0.450	8.8 ± 1.8^A
	0.500	9.7 ± 2.5^AB
	0.550	16.3 ± 6.0^B
	0.600	23.5 ± 6.9^C

^a Carpet fiber samples were 0.1 g each
^b Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD) from triplicates at each of 2 independent experiments. Values of residual weight with different letters for the same fiber (e.g., A, B) indicate significant difference (p < 0.05) in Tukey’s test grouping

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