Description
Advantec MFS™ Mixed Cellulose Ester (MCE) Membrane Filter 0.45 µm Pore Size, Black, Gridded, Nonsterile, 47 mm Diameter, 100/Pk, A045P047AFeatures:
¹ Bubble point is the minimum pressure required to force air through a membrane which has been prewet with water (0.1 µm membranes prewet with isopropanol)² Flow Rate indicates initial flow rate at 10 psi using a KGS 47 filter holder Water: using water prefiltered to 0.1 µm pore size Air: using prefiltered nitrogen at 10 psi³ Porosity refers to the percent open area
Other MCE Membrane Filters Available:
- Composition—mixed celluose esters including cellulose nitrate and cellulose acetate, also known as nitrocellulose
- High porosity—provides superior flow rates
- High protein binding—can be blocked by pretreatment or utilized in applications
- High purity—triton-free
- Autoclavable—withstands autoclaving temperatures up to 130 °C without adversely affecting bubble point, flow rate or micrbiological recovery
- Rapid wetting time—< 3 seconds to wet a 47 mm diameter disc with aqueous 1% methylene blue
- Filter sterilizing biological fluids
- Microbiology
- Contamination analysis
- Air monitoring
- Can be transparentized to view collected particles—use compatible liquid (immersion oil, toluene)
| Classification | Mixed Cellulose Esters (MCE) Code A |
| Pore Size | 0.45 µm |
| Diameter | 47 mm |
| Color | Black |
| Surface | Gridded |
| Sterile | No |
| Bubble Point ¹ | >/= 0.22 MPa ( >/= 32.7 psi) |
| Flow Rate, Water ² | 50 mL/min/cm² |
| Flow Rate, Air ² | 5.0 L/min/cm² |
| Porosity ³ | 78 % |
| Thickness | 135 µm |
| Refractive Index | 1.50 |
| Maximum Operating Temperature | 130 °C |
| Ash Content | 2-5 µg/cm² |
| Cat. No. | Pore Size, µm | Diameter, mm | Surface | Color | Sterile | Pad |
| 90-7466-28 | 0.10 | 25 | Plain | White | No | No |
| 90-7465-13 | 0.20 | 47 | Plain | White | No | No |
| 90-7466-26 | 0.45 | 47 | Plain | White | No | No |
| 90-7466-80 | 0.45 | 90 | Plain | White | No | No |
| MFS-A045A102C | 0.45 | 102 | Plain | White | No | No |
| 90-7466-29 | 0.45 | 142 | Plain | White | No | No |
| 90-7466-07 | 0.45 | 25 | Gridded | White | No | No |
| 90-7466-04 | 0.45 | 47 | Gridded | White | Yes | Yes |
| 90-7466-06 | 0.45 | 47 | Plain | White | Yes | No |
| 90-7468-10 | 0.45 | 47 | Gridded | Black | No | No |
| 90-7466-09 | 0.45 | 47 | Gridded | Black | Yes | No |
| 90-7466-05 | 0.45 | 47 | Gridded | White | No | Yes |
| 90-7550-10 | 0.80 | 25 | Gridded | White | No | No |
| 90-7466-10 | 0.80 | 47 | Gridded | Black | No | No |
| 90-7550-11 | 5.0 | 25 | Plain | White | No | No |

