Grade 40 Ashless Filter Paper for Pollution Analysis

Whatman Grade 40 high-purity filters from GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences business are general-purpose papers for quantitative analysis. Grade 40 filters are suitable for a variety of analytical filtration applications.

• High-purity filters contain 0.007% maximum ash content
• Medium nominal particle retention rating of 8 µm
• Medium filtration speed (Herzberg 340 s)
• Particularly useful for gravimetric analysis

Applications for high-purity Grade 40 filters

High-purity filters support accurate analysis in applications sensitive to very low levels of background contamination and in gravimetric analysis where ash content might affect weight measurements of combusted samples. GE’s high-purity Whatman Grade 40 ashless paper is suited to:

• Soil analysis, when separating solid matter from aqueous extracts
• Quantitative determination of milk sediment
• Use as a clean-up filter for solutions prior to atomic absorption (AA) spectrometry
• Analysis of constituent components in cements, clays, iron, and steel products
• Collection of trace elements and radionuclides from the atmosphere

Grade 40: 8 µm

Specifications:

• Grade: Grade 40
• Format: Circles/Sheet
• Type: Ashless
• Typical Particle Retention in Liquid: 8 µm
• Typical Water Flow Rate (ml/min) for 9cm diameter: 25
• Nominal Thickness: 210 µm
• Nominal Basis Weight: 95 g/m²
• Nominal Air Flow Rate: 21s/100mL/in²
• Nominal Ash Content: 0.007%
• Material: High-quality cotton linters
• Alpha Cellulose Content Min.: ≥98%
• Typical Trace Element Levels: Aluminium 2.5 µg/g, Antimony <0.5 µg/g, Arsenic <0.5 µg/g, Barium <0.5 µg/g, Boron <1 µg/g, Calcium 8.3 µg/g, Chromium 1.5 µg/g, Copper 2 µg/g, Iron 12 µg/g, Lead <0.5 µg/g, Magnesium 4 µg/g, Manganese <0.5 µg/g, Mercury <0.5 µg/g, Potassium 2.3 µg/g, Silicon 6.2 µg/g, Sodium 16.8 µg/g, Zinc 64.5 µg/g

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