How are the trays at the airport security lines antimicrobial? How do you make a tray microbial without cleaning it?

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How are the trays at the airport security lines antimicrobial? How do you make a tray microbial without cleaning it?

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Some elements are naturally antimicrobial through chemical/molecular processes. Silver and copper, for example, strip electrons from molecules in the cell wall causing it to break down/die.