Ahlstrom offers a full range of glass microfiber filters manufactured from 100% pure borosilicate glass. Because of their intrinsic properties, glass microfiber filters have wide applications in many areas of laboratory analysis, especially when fine filtration and high loading capacity is required. Applications for Ahlstrom glass microfiber filters include environmental analysis for water, wastewater, testing of soils, air pollution and monitoring, research and process biochemistry, and gravimetric analysis involving ignition of samples. Ahlstrom glass microfiber filters are also found in the filtration of hot gases and liquids, and in pre-filtration.
- Laboratory analysis
- 100% pure borosilicate glass
- Rapid flow rate
- Fine particle retention 0.7µm – 3.1 µm
- High loading capacity
- Chemical and thermal resistance (up to 500°C)
- Long shelf life
- Brilliant white color reflecting more than 96% of visible light
- Custom cut
Standard Glass Microfiber Filters
Standard glass microfiber filters contain no binders or other additives that may cause interference to sensitive enzymatic or other chemical reactions. The unique characteristics of glass microfiber filters make its use particularly advantageous to laboratory filtration by enabling fast filtration of large volumes and difficult solutions without premature clogging.
Ahlstrom 121: 1.0µm – Medium Speed
This very thick grade offers finer particle retention than Ahlstrom 111 with high wet strength and loading capacity. Ahlstrom 121 is recommended for the clarification of liquid suspensions loaded with fine particulates. Ahlstrom 121 is also used in membrane pre-filtration and is also found in quantification of solids, and LSC (Liquid Scintillation Counting) techniques that require high loading capacity.