How an Air Cleaner Works

Most tabletop and room air cleaners actually send air through a gauntlet of filters: a foam pre-filter to screen out large particles, the primary filter or electrical-attraction device to catch smaller particles, a carbon filter to remove odors and some gasses and a post filter for any remaining particles.

--Don Vandervort
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