Featuring a low ash hardened cellulose medium made from refined pulp and pure cotton linters, this Grade 01 qualitative filter paper delivers a balanced combination of medium retention and medium flow rate across a 110mm circle. With a nominal particle retention of 10um, it captures fine precipitates while maintaining a practical filtration speed for routine laboratory work. Supplied nonsterile, 100 discs per pack.
Key Cellulose Filter Paper Characteristics
- Medium flow, medium retention: Grade 01 is the most widely used filter paper grade, balancing retention and flow rate for general-purpose filtration.
- Hydrophilic medium: wets readily with aqueous solutions and common laboratory liquids.
- 10um nominal retention: effectively captures fine precipitates such as lead sulphate, calcium oxalate, and calcium carbonate.
- Low ash, high purity: manufactured from refined pulp and pure cotton linters with an alpha-cellulose content of nearly 100%.
- Hardened structure: provides wet strength to resist tearing during filtration.
Key Construction Characteristics
- Material: cellulose, qualitative grade.
- Format: 110mm diameter circle.
- Grade: Grade 01 (DME01), medium speed filtration.
- Sterility: nonsterile.
- Pack: 100 discs per pack.
This filter paper provides consistent, reliable performance for clarifying liquids and separating fine precipitates in routine analytical work. The hardened low ash construction maintains sample integrity during handling and filtration. Its versatility makes it well suited to a broad range of laboratory, food, agricultural, and educational applications.
- Color
- White
- Diameter
- 110mm
- Flow Speed
- Medium
- Grade
- Grade 01 (DME01)
- Hardened (Yes/ No)
- Yes
- Material
- Cellulose
- Mesh Format
- Circle
- Pack Count
- 100
- Particle Retention
- 10um (7 to 11um range)
- Pore Size (µm)
- 10
- Qualitative/ Quantitative
- Qualitative
- Sterility
- Nonsterile
- Wettability
- Hydrophilic
- Routine Clarification Clarifies a wide range of laboratory liquids at a medium flow rate suited to general-purpose filtration.
- Fine Precipitate Filtration Captures fine precipitates such as lead sulphate, calcium oxalate, and calcium carbonate during qualitative separations.
- Soil Analysis and Seed Testing Supports agricultural sample preparation including soil analysis and seed testing procedures.
- Food Analysis Separates solid foodstuffs from associated liquid or extracts liquid in routine food industry techniques.
- Air Pollution Monitoring Collects atmospheric dust from airflow for photometric stain-intensity measurement.
- Education Used widely for teaching simple qualitative analytical separations.