Polycarbonate Track-Etched (PCTE) Membrane Filters - 10417501
Precision-manufactured Hydrophilic membrane with a verified 8.0 pore structure delivers consistent retention performance across demanding laboratory filtration workflows. Developed with critical workflows in mind, quality-controlled manufacturing ensures the filtration medium delivers the retention efficiency and throughput that demanding laboratory protocols require. Consequently, lot-level verification of pore size, flow rate, and physical dimensions ensures that membrane performance remains predictable when scaling from method development to routine analysis.
Material Specifications
- Optically clear construction enables direct on-membrane visualization of captured particles without transfer or additional preparation.
- Manufactured with tight pore size control for precise separation of cells and particulates.
- Packaged without sterilization for applications where downstream sterility is achieved by other means or is not a process requirement.
- Offer a smooth, flat glass-like surface specifically designed for microscopy analysis.
- Uniform pore density across the membrane surface ensures representative sampling for environmental and biological particulate analysis.
Air monitoring and stack emissions sampling demand a filter medium that withstands the thermal and chemical conditions at your collection point — the material properties described above define the operating envelope for your application. To meet this need, low background autofluorescence from polycarbonate membranes keeps your fluorescence microscopy signal-to-noise ratio high, ensuring that the fluorescent labels on your captured particles are what you see — not membrane interference. Elevate the quality of your analytical data today by standardizing on a filtration product built to meet the exact specifications of your applications.
For more information about chemical compatibility, please review our Chemical Compatibility Chart.
- Bubble Point (psi)
- N/A
- Color
- translucent
- Diameter
- 13mm
- Extractables
- very low
- Filtration Area
- 1.33cm²
- Flow Rate
- 600ml (Water)
- Grid (Yes/No)
- No
- Material
- Polycarbonate (PC)
- Maximum Operating Pressure
- Holder-dependent
- Maximum Operating Temperature (°C)
- 140°C
- Membrane Thickness (µm)
- 6–11um
- Pack Count
- 100
- pH Range
- 2-11
- Pore Size (µm)
- 8
- Sterility
- Nonsterile
- Sterilization
- Autoclavable at 121°C for 30 mins
- Support Material
- None
- Wettability
- Hydrophilic
- Exosome Isolation - Separates extracellular vesicles from larger cell debris using defined pore sizes, preventing contamination in RNA analysis.
- Chemotaxis Migration - Acts as a precise barrier in Boyden chambers to measure cell migration towards chemoattractants without passive diffusion.
- Oceanographic Sampling - Fractionates plankton populations by size in seawater, ensuring precise separation for biomass and diversity studies.
- Legionella Recovery - Captures bacteria from hot water samples on a flat plane for direct fluorescent antibody staining and microscope counting.
- Parasite Detection - Concentrates blood samples to detect microfilariae on a transparent surface, simplifying identification without staining.
- Erythrocyte Deformability - Mimics capillary dimensions to test red blood cell flexibility and rheology in clinical hemorheology research.