Abstract: A filtering material employable as a basic material for a sanitary mask, a deodorizing filter or the like includes as essential components calcium phosphate particles, a water soluble glucan and a sheet-shaped raw material, and the calcium phosphate particles are caused to adhere to the sheet-shaped raw material with the aid of the water soluble glucan serving as a binder. A method of a filtering material is typically practiced by way of a first step of dispersing a predetermined quantity of calcium phosphate particles and a predetermined quantity of water soluble glucan in water to prepare an aqueous treatment solution, a second step of dipping a sheet-shaped raw material in the aqueous treatment solution and taking up the sheet-shaped raw material coated with the aqueous treatment solution and a third step of drying the sheet-shaped raw material coated with the aqueous treatment solution.

Abstract: To produce a filtering material for adsorptively capturing very fine particles such as fungus, pollen, virus, bacteria or the like at a high efficiency, an aqueous treatment solution is first prepared by dissolving porous apatite particles of 0.5 to 40% by weight, preferably, 0.5 to 30% by weight and a water soluble glucan of 0.5 to 15% by weight in water. A sheet-shaped raw material is then coated with the treatment solution with the aid of a rotating drum of which part is always dipped in the treatment solution, and thereafter, the sheet-shaped raw material having the treatment solution coated thereon is dried. Alternatively, an aqueous treatment solution prepared by dissolving only a water soluble glucan of 0.5 to 25% by weight in water may be substituted for the aforementioned aqueous treatment solution.

Abstract: A filtering material for effectively adsorbing not only conventional foreign material such as dust, odoring gaseous substance but also very fine foreign material such as virus, bacteria, fungus, pollen or the like is disclosed. The filtering material includes as essential components porous apatite particles, a water soluble glucan and a sheet-shaped raw material in which the porous apatite particles are included with the aid of the water soluble glucan serving as a binder. A method of producing a filtering material of the foregoing kind is practiced by way of a step of preparing an aqueous treatment solution in which porous apatite particles of 0.5 to 40% by weight and a water soluble glucan of 0.