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It's not fluids per se that are the problem. You want to block cells (sperm & bacteria) and viruses. So roughly 50nm. Everything smaller should be okay.


Although you could use a membrane with tiny pores you would tremendously slow down the rate of flow of the smaller molecules too even though they theoretically can travel across the membrane.




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