Frying Eggs and Air Quality Tests
3 days ago
- #air-quality
- #cooking
- #home-experiments
- The author purchased a Temtop m2000 air quality monitor for £120 to conduct physical experiments, focusing on CO2, PM2.5, PM10, temperature, and humidity.
- Planned experiments include measuring air changes per hour using dry ice as a tracer gas and testing homemade air purifiers like Corsi-Rosenthal boxes.
- Initial tests showed CO2 levels in the house were within recommended standards (<= 1000ppm).
- Cooking experiments, like frying an egg, showed minimal increase in PM2.5 levels (peaked at 11 ug/m^3), well below the 24-hour average safety guideline of 15 ug/m^3.
- The extractor fan had little effect on reducing particle levels during cooking, which the author found surprising and plans to investigate further.
- Different cooking methods, like sautéing vegetables, can produce higher particle levels compared to frying eggs.