Filter Paper
Cytiva Whatman™ Qualitative Filter Paper: Grade 1 Circles
Covers a wide range of laboratory applications and is frequently used for clarifying liquids. Whatman™ Qualitative Filter Paper: Grade 1 Circles are widely used standard grade filter papers for routine applications with medium retention and flow rates.
Cytiva Whatman™ Grade 598 Cellulose Qualitative Filter Paper
A thick filter paper with high loading capacity. Combines medium retention with medium-fast to fast filtration speed.
Cytiva Whatman™ Quantitative Filter Paper: Grade 42 Circles
Filters and retains extremely small particles. Whatman™ Quantitative Filter Paper: Grade 42 Circles are suitable for processes that require ashing.
Cytiva Whatman™ Qualitative Grade Plain Circles and Sheets - Grade 3
Used for high precipitate capacity and increased wet strength. Whatman™ Qualitative Grade Plain Circles and Sheets - Grade 3 provide double the thickness of Whatman Grade 1.
Cytiva Whatman™ Qualitative Filter Paper: Grade 5 Circles
Retains the fine precipitates encountered in chemical analysis. Whatman™ Qualitative Filter Paper - Grade 5 Circles are excellent clarifying filters for cloudy suspensions and for water and soil analysis.
Cytiva Whatman™ Qualitative Filter Paper: Grade 2 Circles
Retains and absorbs more than Grade 1 filters, with a corresponding increase in filtration time. Whatman™ Qualitative Filter Paper: Grade 2 Circles are used for monitoring specific contaminants in the atmosphere and in soil testing.
Fisherbrand™ Grade 601 General Purpose Filter Papers
A filter paper used in analytical works in laboratories with medium filtration velocity.
Cytiva Whatman™ Qualitative Filter Paper: Grade 1 Sheets
Covers a wide range of laboratory applications and is frequently used for clarifying liquids. Whatman™ Qualitative Filter Paper: Grade 1 Sheets are widely used standard grade filter paper for routine applications with medium retention and flow rates.
Cytiva Whatman™ Quantitative Filter Paper: Grade 41 Circles
Use for quantitative air pollution analysis as a paper tape for impregnation when determining gaseous compounds at high flow rates or for quantitative air pollution analysis. Whatman™ Quantitative Filter Paper: Grade 41 Circles are commonly used in preparing samples for metal analysis after nitric acid digestion.
Cytiva Whatman™ Quantitative Filter Paper: Grade 541 Circles
Recommended when fast filtration of a gelatinous precipitate for gravimetric analysis is performed on a strongly acidic or alkali solution. Whatman™ Quantitative Filter Paper: Grade 541 Circles are acid hardened cellulose filters, which reduces ash to an extremely low level.
Fisherbrand™ Grade 113 Cellulose Medium Filtering Qualitative Filter Paper
Filters fine particulates.
Cytiva Whatman™ Qualitative Filter Paper: Grade 4 Circles
Filters and retains course particles for monitoring air pollution. Whatman™ Qualitative Filter Paper: Grade 4 Circles are used when high flow rates in air pollution monitoring are required and the collection of fine particles is not critical.
Cytiva Whatman™ Quantitative Filter Paper: Grade 540 Circles
Use as a gravimetric filter during analysis of metals in acidic or alkaline solutions and in the collection of hydroxides. Whatman™ Quantitative Filter Paper: Grade 540 Circles acid-treated surface prevents tearing during filtration and allows the user to scrape precipitates from the paper.
Cytiva Whatman™ Reeve Angel 201 Smooth Qualitative Filter Paper: Circles
For routine, noncritical laboratory filtration applications
Macherey-Nagel™ MN 713 Grade Filter Paper, Folded
Cover tables, benchtops and shelves to absorb spilled/splashed liquids. Macherey-Nagel™ MN 713 Grade Filter Paper, Folded is a smooth, thick technical filter paper with medium filtration speed for use in general lab applications and to protect surfaces from a range of substances.
Fisherbrand™ Grade 13 Ashless Medium Filtering Quantitative Filter Paper
Used for fine precipitates such as magnesium ammonium phosphate and calcium oxalate.
Fisherbrand™ Grade 1103 Cellulose Technical Filter Paper
Suitable for removal of fine particles
Fisherbrand™ Grade 111 Cellulose Fast Qualitative Filter Paper
For fast filtering of particulates.
Fisherbrand™ Grade 600 Cellulose General Purpose Filter Paper: Discs
Used in schools and as bench protective paper. Fisherbrand™ Grade 600 Cellulose General Purpose Filter Paper is economical.
Fisherbrand™ Grade 122 General Purpose Filter Papers
A general purpose filter paper used for all general works in the laboratory for excellent and consistent filtration.
Fisherbrand™ Grade 122 Cellulose General Purpose Filter Paper
Very fast filtration velocity. Fisherbrand™ Grade 122 Cellulose General Purpose Filter Paper is used for all general works in laboratories.
Fisherbrand™ Grade 122 Cellulose General Purpose Filter Paper
Very fast filtration velocity. Fisherbrand™ Grade 122 Cellulose General Purpose Filter Paper is used for all general works in laboratories.
Fisherbrand™ Grade 122 Cellulose General Purpose Filter Paper
Very fast filtration velocity. Fisherbrand™ Grade 122 Cellulose General Purpose Filter Paper is used for all general works in laboratories.
Fisherbrand™ Grade 115 Cellulose Very Slowly Filtering Qualitative Filter Paper
Fisherbrand™ Grade 115 Cellulose Very Slowly Filtering Qualitative Filter Paper are made of cellulose fibers.
Fisherbrand™ Grade 600 Cellulose General Purpose Filter Paper: Sheets
Used in schools and as bench protective paper. Fisherbrand Grade 600 Cellulose General Purpose Filter Paper is economical.
Fisherbrand™ Grade 601 Cellulose General Purpose Filter Paper
Used in analytical works in laboratories. Fisherbrand™ Grade 601 Cellulose General Purpose Filter Paper has medium filtration velocity.
Fisherbrand™ Grade 114 Cellulose Slow Filtering Qualitative Filter Paper
Filters metal particulates.
Fisherbrand™ Grade 14 Ashless Slowly Filtering Quantitative Filter Paper
Used for fine precipitates such as lead dioxide, calcium fluoride.
Fisherbrand™ Grade 122 Cellulose General Purpose Filter Paper
Very fast filtration velocity. Fisherbrand™ Grade 122 Cellulose General Purpose Filter Paper is used for all general works in laboratories.
Fisherbrand™ Grade 1101 Cellulose Technical Filter Paper
Used for filtration of fatty products and suitable for hot filtrations.

Filter papers are familiar consumables in the laboratory normally used with a conical funnel or similar device for the filtering and retention of solids, particulates and other contaminants from aqueous solutions, suspensions, solvents and other liquids. Filter papers are manufactured from natural cellulose linters or from glass or quartz fibres. They are available in various diameters as pre-cut plain circles, or as discs ready-folded into pleats, quadrants or pyramids for convenience and to maintain optimal, clog-free flow rates. Filter paper is also sold as sheets or rolls that can be cut to size as required.
Filter papers are described either as qualitative or quantitative. Qualitative filter papers are used for general purpose filtration applications where subsequent analytical outcomes are not critical.
Quantitative filter papers (ashless papers), are intended for more exacting analytical work. They are made from low-linting fibres that are typically acid-hardened during their manufacture to give high wet strength and chemical resistance, and are pre-rinsed with demineralised water for extra purity.
Most filter paper is also graded numerically according to pore size, which in turn infers other parameters such as flow rate, retention, thickness, weight, burst strength, and hence their nominal application.
What is filter paper used for?
- General applications in research laboratories, clinics and education
- In the analytical laboratory for removal of precipitants and particulates prior to further analysis or assay
- Industrial applications in foods, beverages, cosmetics and gravimetric analysis of cements, clays, iron and steel products
- Environmental analysis of water, soil or atmospheric samples