Consideration In Selection Of Syringe Filter

When syringe filter is used to treat chromatographic samples, it is necessary to avoid the introduction of other impurities in the filtration process. The appearance of this impurity may be that the shell material or filter membrane will drop particles and bring it into the filtrate. Therefore, the material of filter membrane and shell structure is very important. Different types of filter membranes are suitable for samples with different properties.

1) Hydrophilic samples: hydrophilic membranes are selected, which have affinity to water and are suitable for filtering water as matrix solution. The available filter membranes are mixed cellulose ester, polyethersulfone (PES) Nylon and so on. 
2) Strong corrosion erosion organic solvents (properties: transparent, colorless liquid): hydrophobic membranes, such as PTF E, polypropylene (PP) and other material quality filter membranes, are generally used. 
3) Protein solution: select low protein adsorption filter membrane, such as PVDF filter membrane.┬а 4) Ion chromatography: it is generally considered that the PES filter membrane is more suitable for filtration of a solution of a low inorganic ion.

Sample Volume

In addition to the above factors, the volume of the sample shall be taken into account, and when the sample volume is less than 2 ml, a micro-filter with a diameter of 4 mm is selected; the sample quantity is between 2 and 10 ml, and a filter with a diameter of 13 mm is used; when the sample quantity is more than 10 ml, a needle type filter with a diameter of 25 mm is used.

Tolerance of syringe filter

Syringe filter provided by Hawach Scientific uses PTFE as source materials, which is an effective filter for solvent chemicals and other non-aqueous solutions. The chemical stability and the inert PTFE membrane with strong chemical compatibility are particularly suitable for filtration of the corrosive, strong acid and strong alkali chemical, and the ethanol and the water can be added so as to have certain hydrophobicity.┬аMoreover, the product structure design is precise, the inner space rationalization, the residual rate is very low, and thus it ensures the filtration fluency and reduces the sample waste.

Consideration In Selection Of Syringe Filter