Copper more effective than silver in killing covid virus - MINING.COM - MINING.com

Both copper and silver release bacteria-killing ions due to corrosion but only the red metal is effective against the covid-19 virus.

In the presence of a more noble metal, the baser metal sacrifices itself, so to speak, researcher Alfred Ludwig said in a media statement. This phenomenon is called the principle of the sacrificial a… [+1241 chars]

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