Open AccessImpact of Sodium Chloride Crystallization on Saliva Droplets Spreading
Author(s) -
Valerio D’Alessandro,
Matteo Falone,
Luca Giammichele,
R. A. Ricci
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
tecnica italiana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0040-1846
DOI - 10.18280/ti-ijes.652-425
Subject(s) - saliva , context (archaeology) , sodium , diffusion , covid-19 , crystallization , environmental science , mechanics , chemistry , materials science , physics , thermodynamics , geography , infectious disease (medical specialty) , medicine , biochemistry , disease , pathology , archaeology , organic chemistry
It is well known that SARS–CoV–2, can be transmitted through airborne diffusion of saliva droplets which travels into atmospheric air through a thermo-fluid dynamic interaction with it. In order to limit SARS-CoV-2 spread, social distancing is crucial. However, in this context is really important to emphasize that available knowledge is largely inadequate to make predictions on the airborne spreading of infectious droplets emitted during a cough and/or sneezing. The main aim of our research activity is to provide a contribution to thermo-fluid dyamic modeling of saliva droplets diffusion produced by coughing. In particular in this paper, several efforts were devoted to the analysis of impact of saliva chemical composition on the their spreading in space.