AM/AV METAL LOADING VIA WET TREATMENT

1 . A wet treatment process, the process comprising:

adding an article comprising a polymer and an initial AM/AV metal content to a wash solution comprising solute and a wash solution zinc content;

maintaining the article in the wash solution for a wash time greater than 10 seconds to yield a washed article comprising a washed AM/AV metal content;

wherein the washed AM/AV metal content is greater than the initial AM/AV metal content.

2 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the washed article demonstrates a Klebsiella pneumonia log reduction greater than 0.90, as determined via ISO20743:2013 and/or an Escherichia coli log reduction greater than 1.5, as determined via ASTM E3160 (2018).

3 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the washed AM/AV metal content is at least 10% greater than the initial AM/AV metal content.

4 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the difference between the washed AM/AV metal content and the initial AM/AV metal content is greater than the wash solution AM/AV metal content.

5 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the washed AM/AV metal content is greater than the wash solution AM/AV metal content.

6 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the washed article demonstrates a log reduction increase of at least 1.0 over the log reduction of the article.

7 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the polymer comprises PA6, PA66, PA10, PA12, PA6T, or PA6I, or copolymers or terpolymers thereof.

8 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the wash solution comprises from 200 ppm to 22000 ppm AM/AV metal.

9 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the wash solution has a pH greater than 3.5.

10 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the washed AM/AV metal content is greater than 600 ppm.

11 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the washed article comprises greater than 600 ppm zinc and has an RV greater than 2.

12 . The process of claim 1 , wherein a wash cycle is an addition step followed by a maintenance step and wherein the process comprises multiple wash cycles.

13 . The process of claim 12 , wherein the washed AM/AV metal content is at least 50% greater than the initial AM/AV metal content after 40 wash cycles.

14 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the washed article demonstrates a Klebsiella pneumonia log reduction greater than 3, as determined via ISO20743:2013 and/or an Escherichia coli log reduction greater than 3, as determined via ASTM E3160 (2018).

15 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the wash solution comprises municipal water and the municipal water comprises AM/AV metal.

16 . A detergent pod comprising soap and AM/AV metal compound.

17 . A process for washing an article comprising a polymer to add AM/AV metal content, the process comprising:

adding an article comprising a polymer and an initial AM/AV metal content to a wash solution comprising solute and the detergent pod of claim 16 ; and

maintaining the article in the wash solution for a wash time greater than 10 seconds to yield a washed article comprising a washed AM/AV metal content;

wherein the washed AM/AV metal content is greater than the initial AM/AV metal content.

18 . The process of claim 17 , wherein the washed article demonstrates a Klebsiella pneumonia log reduction greater than 0.90, as determined via ISO20743:2013 and/or an Escherichia coli log reduction greater than 1.5, as determined via ASTM E3160 (2018).

19 . The process of claim 17 , wherein the washed AM/AV metal content is at least 10% greater than the initial AM/AV metal content.

20 . The process of claim 17 , wherein the washed AM/AV metal content is greater than the wash solution AM/AV metal content.