Product category:
Filtration equipment and supplies
News Release from: Whatman International | Subject: Mini-UniPrep syringeless filters
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 27 August 2007
Syringeless filters speed up sample
preparation
Whatman's Mini-UniPrep syringeless filters enable users to prepare samples in one third the time required by other methods and eliminate multiple consumables from the sample preparation process
The Mini-UniPrep is a pre-assembled filtration device consisting of a 0.4ml capacity chamber and a plunger that contains the filtration membrane at one end and a pre-attached septum cap at the other In order to filter the sample, the plunger is pressed through the sample in the chamber, which forces the filtrate through the membrane into the reservoir of the plunger
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 10 Nov 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The sample is now ready for analysis or can be stored within the unit.
A locking ring provides an air-tight seal.
A wide range of membranes with pore sizes of 0.2 and 0.45um is offered with the Mini-UniPrep, to meet the requirements of most sample preparation applications.
Mini-UniPrep is designed to fit into any autosampler that can handle 12x32mm vials.
Whatman has also published a new brochure entitled the 'Syringe Filter Collection'.
For the first time Whatman offers a quick application guide, that makes it easy for you to find the right syringe filter for your specific filtration task.
The guide helps to save time and costs, because of the decreased risk of ordering a wrong filter.
By classifying an application within a simple colour-coded line-up and the guide helps to directly select the right syringe filter.
Besides detailed descriptions of the filter units the brochure additionally offers you in a separate section technical information for the different syringe filters and a comprehensive table about the chemical compatibility of housing and integrated membranes.
The Whatman 'Syringe Filter Collection' provides an all-in-one solution that can be used for application-guided product selection, as technical reference book and as ordering information guide that helps to make your lab work more efficient.
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