First, what is an antibacterial floor?
The antibacterial wood floor is made by adding a certain amount of antibacterial agent into the floor material and simply processing. Can inhibit the proliferation of surface bacteria, and then achieve the purpose of long-term health and safety. At present, antibacterial flooring has gradually attracted the attention and favor of consumers. ?
The reason is mainly due to the increasing improvement of people's living standards and the increasing awareness of health and environmental protection, especially affected by epidemic diseases such as SARS and bird flu, which makes consumers pay more and more attention to the home environment.
Both of them are antibacterial wood floors with different antibacterial components. Generally speaking, antibacterial agents can be divided into two categories: organic and inorganic. ?
At present, in the wood floor market, products using inorganic antibacterial agents are more common. Inorganic antibacterial agents are divided into silver ion antibacterial agents, photocatalyst antibacterial agents and zinc oxide whiskers. ?
Silver ion antibacterial agent uses the antibacterial ability of silver to fix silver ions on the surface of porous materials such as zeolite by physical adsorption ion exchange and other methods. ?
The main component of photocatalyst antibacterial agent is nano-titanium dioxide, which absorbs light and transfers high energy to reactants, making them react chemically and put them in a high energy state, thus eliminating planktonic bacteria, molds and dust mites in the air. Zinc oxide whiskers can react with oxygen and moisture in the air under normal circumstances, releasing antibacterial substances such as oxygen atoms, hydroxyl radicals and negative oxygen ions. At the same time, zinc ions can also react with enzymes in bacteria, thus killing bacteria.
Second, is the antibacterial floor really antibacterial?
So, what is the function of antibacterial floor? Is it to prevent bacterial growth or resist bacterial invasion or kill bacteria completely? In fact, antibacterial and sterilization are different concepts and cannot be confused. ?
At present, antibacterial reinforced floors on the market all add antibacterial agents to the substrate, which can only inhibit the bacteria on the floor surface to a certain extent, but can not kill the bacteria in the air. Facing the rising concept of antibacterial in China, "antibacterial flooring will be the development trend of flooring industry in the future, but there are still many technical problems that need to be solved, especially the safety of antibacterial."
Insiders pointed out that the floor produces bacteria mainly during use, and the gap between the floor and the floor is a "hotbed" for bacteria such as mold and dust mites to accumulate. It is not practical to eliminate these bacteria in life just by adding a so-called antibacterial agent in the floor production process. At present, many companies in the market claim that their products use nanomaterials.
The difference between "antibacterial" and "sterilization"
As for the difference between "antibacterial" and "sterilization", insiders pointed out that "antibacterial" and "sterilization" are two different concepts and cannot be confused. At present, antibacterial reinforced floors on the market all add antibacterial agents to the substrate, which can only inhibit the bacteria on the floor surface to a certain extent, but can not kill the bacteria in the air. Moreover, as far as the current situation is concerned, there are still many technical problems that are immature and need to be solved, especially the safety of antibacterial.
In the process of using the floor, the gap between the floor and the floor is a "hotbed" for bacteria such as mold and dust mites to accumulate. Therefore, it is not practical to eliminate these bacteria in life only by adding a so-called antibacterial agent in the floor production process. Because the antibacterial agent added to the substrate can only inhibit the bacteria on the floor surface to a certain extent, but it can't kill the bacteria in the air in any case. Therefore, the use of floor sterilization is purely false propaganda.
Therefore, in the face of business promotion, consumers must take a cautious attitude. For the floor, wear resistance and environmental protection are the most important. Consumers only need to grasp these two aspects, and there is no need to pursue the so-called fancy functions too much!