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Offline metallurgy

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How to make hand sanitizer which kills viruses?
« on: March 23, 2020, 10:35:06 AM »
How to make hand sanitizer which kills viruses?
Can anyone explain it step by step tutorial?
Which ingredients?
What is the basic process?

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Re: How to make hand sanitizer which kills viruses?
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2020, 12:19:38 PM »
The virus is shell is made from lipids so is hydrophobic. Ethanol will dissolve the shell, 'killing' the virus. So my recommendation is ethanol based, but wouldnt know what other ingredients. I bet you could google it.

But soap is better.

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Re: How to make hand sanitizer which kills viruses?
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2020, 01:38:41 PM »
Its not fancy, aqueous soap, bleach, or high grade (>60% w/w) alcohol solutions.

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Re: How to make hand sanitizer which kills viruses?
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2020, 02:28:37 PM »
Ethanol (or isopropanol), glycerol, and dilute hydrogen peroxide.

Refer to section 12.1.1 of the WHO recommendations:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK144054/

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Re: How to make hand sanitizer which kills viruses?
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2020, 02:24:09 AM »
Ethanol (or isopropanol), glycerol, and dilute hydrogen peroxide.

Refer to section 12.1.1 of the WHO recommendations:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK144054/

Okay, how to scale up this to 50 litre per day production?

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Re: How to make hand sanitizer which kills viruses?
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2020, 02:49:53 AM »
I am going to lock this thread temporarily.
We typically do not allow cook book chemistry here for drugs and cosmetics.

We will discuss it among the moderators and get back to you

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Re: How to make hand sanitizer which kills viruses?
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2020, 03:15:21 AM »
Okay, how to scale up this to 50 litre per day production?

Hire someone with a proper knowledge.

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