How to Make a Virus-Killing Copper Spray Using Pennies

Bryan Quoc Le, PhD
4 min readApr 6, 2020
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You’ve probably been hearing lately that copper has the power to stop viruses.

In the wake of COVID-19, articles and news reports published in the last few weeks by VICE, Fast Company, Insider, BBC, and Arirang News have all touted copper’s near-magical ability to destroy viruses on contact. Others are creating tutorials online on how to make copper-embedded face masks.

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