Glass Fiber (GF) Filter Paper - EF19060
Clarifying biological fluids and cell culture harvests requires depth filtration capacity that cellulose papers and surface-capture membranes cannot match. Grade-specific fiber diameter and packing density produce defined retention ratings that remain consistent across manufacturing lots. Because of this, from fiber selection through final inspection, the manufacturing process ensures every sheet meets the performance specifications of its grade.
Key Filter Paper Characteristics
- Compatible with standard glass and plastic filter holders across all laboratory-standard disc diameters for vacuum and gravity filtration applications.
- Depth filtration captures particles throughout the fiber matrix rather than at the surface, maximizing total loading capacity before flow restriction.
- Inorganic glass matrix withstands temperatures exceeding 500 degrees C, supporting ignition-based gravimetric methods without filter decomposition.
- Hydrophilic glass surface wets spontaneously on contact with aqueous solutions, requiring no pre-conditioning before sample filtration.
- High void volume between randomly packed fibers sustains rapid flow rates even as accumulated particulate loading increases during filtration.
If your environmental monitoring program depends on sample comparability to determine trends, the production consistency of this filter paper protects your data validity. In response, depth filtration architecture gives you the particle loading capacity to process turbid samples that would blind cellulose papers or surface-capture membranes. Take control of your sample preparation variables and ensure that your data reflects the true nature of your work, rather than the quality of your consumables.
- Capacity
- 1.5mL
- Dimensions
- 8in x 10in
- Folded/ Fluted/ Pleated
- No
- Grade
- F
- Material
- Glass Fiber (GF)
- Nominal Basis Weight (g/ m²)
- 75g/m²
- Pack Count
- 25
- Particle Retention
- 0.7um
- Pore Size (µm)
- 0.7
- Sterility
- Nonsterile
- Weight
- 0.36
- Wettability
- Hydrophobic
- Radioimmunoassay Harvesting - Binderless construction eliminates chemical interference during harvesting of bound radioactive tracers.
- Biological Clarification - Clears cell culture harvests and biological lysates of particulate debris before chromatographic purification.
- Chlorophyll Extraction - Concentrates algal cells from water column samples for chlorophyll measurement in aquatic quality assessment.
- Stack Emissions Testing - High temperature tolerance supports gravimetric particulate determination from industrial emission source sampling.
- Membrane Prefiltration - Removes coarse debris from turbid samples before downstream membrane analysis to prevent premature blinding.
- Scintillation Counting - Binderless glass fiber provides the chemically clean substrate liquid scintillation counting methods require.