Agienic’s technology is far more effective than simple copper because Agienic’s materials already contain the metal in ionic form — the form that actually kills viruses and bacteria. It takes four hours for COVID-19 to be inactivated on copper metal (as numerous studies have shown), versus only minutes with Agienic’s materials. Agienic’s materials are extremely effective not only against Coronavirus but also against a wide range of viruses and microbes, including Staph, Salmonella, E. coli, Strep, fungi and polio virus