I’ve always heard that brass door knobs are best because they’re “naturally anti-microbial”. How is that possible?
In: Biology
The active antimicrobial ingredient in brass is the copper, which wreaks havoc when bacteria come in contact with it. While the exact mechanisms remain obscure, we can see damage to the cell membrane and interference with key metabolic functions inside the cell.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7999369/
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