Specifications | Spezifikationen | Spécifications | Especificaciones | Specifiche
Table 1
Specifications for Minisart
®
RC|SRP|NY|PES with 4|15|25 mm membrane filtration area
d
Housing material
Polypropylene (PP)
Membranes
– RC = Regenerated Cellulose
– NY = Polyamide
– SRP: hydrophobic PTFE = Polytetrafluoroethylene
– PES = Polyethersulfone
Application limits
Max. recommended operating pressure 4.5 bar | 65 psi
Housing burst pressure
>7 bar | 102 psi
Max. temperature
121°C, 30 min (autoclavable)
Sterilization
Non-sterile Minisart
®
can be autoclaved or sterilized
by ethylene oxide sterilization (EO)
Minisart
®
type
RC
0.2 µm
RC
0.2 µm
RC
0.45 µm
SRP
0.2 µm
SRP
0.45 µm
NY
0.2 µm
NY
0.45 µm
PES
0.2 µm
– Non-sterile packs:
50 (K), 200 (S),
500 (Q), 1000 (R)
– sterile packs:
individually packaged,
50 (ACK)
K | S |
Q | R
ACK
K | S |
Q | R
K | S |
Q | ACK
K | S |
Q | ACK
K | Q |
R | ACK
K | Q |
R | ACK
K | Q |
ACK
Bubble point (
>
)
with
water
3.0 bar|
44 psi
with
water
4.6 bar|
67 psi
with
water
2.0 bar|
29 psi
with
ethanol
1.4 bar|
20 psi
with
ethanol
0.9 bar|
13 psi
with
water
3.0 bar|
44 psi
with
water
2.0 bar|
29 psi
with
water
3.2 bar|
46 psi
Flow rate, 4 mm
d
= 0.07 cm
2
filter area | Hold-up volume
1
: 5–10 µl (
t
ml/min)
with water at 1 bar
0.5
–
1.5
–
–
–
–
1.5
with methanol
at 1 bar
1.5
–
3.0
2.0
4.5
–
–
–
4
with air at 0.1 bar
–
2
–
–
2
30
60
–
–
–
2
Flow rate, 15 mm
d
= 1.7 cm
2
filter area | Hold-up volume
1
: 30–100 µl (
t
ml/min)
with water at 1 bar
20
10
40
–
–
20
40
40
with methanol
at 1 bar
55
25
105
55
150
40
110
–
4
with air at 0.1 bar
–
2
–
2
–
2
800
1600
–
2
–
2
–
2
Flow rate, 25 mm
d
= 4.8 cm
2
filter area | Hold-up volume
1
: 100–200 µl (
t
ml/min)
with water at 1 bar
80
50
160
–
–
50
100
100
with methanol
at 1 bar
160
90
325
160
260
70
200
–
4
with air at 0.1 bar
–
2
–
2
–
2
1800
3000
–
2
–
2
–
2
Water penetration point –
–
–
> 4.0 bar|
58 psi
3
> 3.0 bar|
44 psi
3
–
–
–
Sterile filtration
capability
5
acc. to BCT
no
yes
no
yes
no
yes
no
yes
Main applications
universal hydrophilic filter
with very low non-specific
binding, compatible with
many aggressive hydrophilic
solutions
universal hydro-
phobic filter with
very low non-
specific binding
suitable for almost
all aggressive
solutions, air and
gases
hydrophilic filter
with low non-
specific binding,
higher compati-
bility with bases
than RC
hydrophilic
filter
mainly for
protein
solutions,
limited
chemical
compati-
bility
1
Hold-up volume after air purge. For minimum hold-up please see “Note|Hinweis|Remarques|Nota|Note 1”
2
Hydrophilic membranes can filter dry air or gas but become impermeable to air or gas when wetted!
3
Hydrophobic membranes cannot be wetted with aqueous solutions unless you overcome their water
penetration point or pre-wet them using an organic solvent (e.g. ethanol)
4
PES is suitable for solutions only containing up to 30% MeOH
5
According to bacterial challenge test (BCT) with 10
7
Brevundimonas diminuta. Non-sterile RC Minisart
®
types
are optimized for sample preparation and are not suitable for sterile filtration according to the BCT. All other
non-sterile Minisart
®
types listed above can be sterilized by autoclaving or EO before use for sterile filtration.