Product Description
Filter Paper Grade 54
Quantitative Grade
WET STRENGTH
L – Suitable for gravity or low suction filtration. Care must be taken to prevent rupture of paper
M – Will withstand all normal use on Buchner Funnels or others devices under suction or moderate pressure
H – High wet strength and high chemical resistance
| Grade No | Flow rate | Retention microns | Wet Strength | Thickness, mm | Ash % | |
| 54 |
For filtration of coarse and gelatinous precipitates |
Fast |
20-25 |
H |
0.18 |
0.025 |
Whatman Grade 54 hardened low ash quantitative filter paper for Büchner funnel and Hirsch funnel filtration enables fast vacuum suction filtration for recrystallization applications.
This hard, smooth, high wet-strength Grade 54 fast filter paper enables collection of coarse and gelatinous precipitates with minimal fiber shredding, even when wet.
| Grade | Typical Particle Retention in Liquid (µm)1 | Nominal Ash Content (%)3 | Nominal Thickness (µm) | Nominal Basis Weight (g/m2) | Typical Water Flow Rate (mL/min)2 | Nominal Air Flow Rate (s/100 mL/in2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | 22 | 0.015 | 185 | 90 | 453 | 3 |
