Concentration Filtration

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Many different types of filters are available commercially. They can be broadly classified into two types with, however, some overlap. Fibrous filters are composed of mats of fi bets that may be ntade of cellulose, quartz, glass, polymeric materials, or metals. Porous membrane filters are usually composed of thin films of polymeric materials 0.05 to 0.2 mm thick sufficiently porous for air to How through under pressure. Pore size is controlled in the manufacturing process and ranges from 0.02 to 10 /rm, A significant fraction of the panicles may be caught on the upstream surface of the filter, but some particles may also penetrate and be caught inside the pores of the medium as well. 

Tlie use of the term membrane for these filters is somewhat misleading. Membranes are normally used to separate the components of a gas mixture which have different permeabilities through the membrane material. The permeabilities. In turn, can be related to the solubilities and diffusion coefficients in the membrane which differ for different gases. However, for a membrane filter, the gas passes through the pores of the film by a macroscopic flow process, driven by the pressure gradient. No gas separation takes place. The principal mechani.sms of panicle deposition for both fibrous and membrane filters are the dilTusion and impaction of particles of finite diameter. Settling and electro.siaiic effects may contribute to removal. 

Quartz fiber filters K in. x 10 in. are used routinely to monitor compliance with the U.S. ambient air quality standard for paniculate matter. The EPA requires filters with 1 penetration of 0.3-/J m dioctyl phihalaic particles and low alkalinity, both provided by qiiartz and Teflon membrane filters (Appel, 1993 this reference cites publications on air sampling methodologies prescribed by EPA). Teflon membrane filters have a relatively high pressure 

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Filtration may also serve as the preparatory step for the operation following it. The latter stages may be drying or incineration of solids, concentration or direct use of the filtrate. Filtration equipment must be selected on the basis of their ability to deliver the best feed material to the next step. Dry, thin, porous, flaky cakes are best suited for drying where grinding operations are not employed. In such cases, the cake will not ball up, and quick drying can be achieved. A clear, concentrated filtrate often aids downstream treatment, whereby the filter can be operated to increase the efficiency of the downstream equipment without affecting its own efficiency. 

To the reduction mixture was then added 3.5 g of 5% palladium on carbon catalyst and the mixture was hydrogenated under a hydrogen pressure of 50 psi at room temperature for 12 hours. The catalyst was removed by filtration and the filtrate was evaporated to a small volume. The concentrated filtrate was dissolved in diethyl ether and the ethereal solution was saturated with anhydrous hydrogen chloride. The reduction product, 3,4-dimethoxy-N-[3-4-methoxyphenyl)-1 -methyl-n-propy 11 phenethylamine was precipitated as the hydrochloride salt. The salt was filtered and recrystallized from ethanol melting at about 147°C to 149°C. 

The dry calcium malonate is placed in a 3-I. round-bottomed flask with sufficient (750-1000 cc.) alcohol-free ether (Note 3) to make a paste which can be stirred. The flask is surrounded by an ice bath, and the well-stirred salt is treated with 1 cc. of 12 N hydrochloric acid for each gram of salt. After the acid has been added slowly through a dropping funnel, the solution is transferred to a continuous extractor (Note 4) and extracted with ether until no more malonic acid is obtained. The product, as obtained from the undried ether solution by concentration, filtration, and drying in the air, melts at 130° or higher and is sufficiently pure for most purposes. The yield is 415-440 g. (77-82 per cent of the theoretical amount). 

Procedure 2 The culture medium was frozen at -18°C for 24 hr s. The precipitated polysaccharide was filtered through a cloth, washed as in Procedure 1 and dried (Sample 2). The filtrate was concentrated 10 fold on a rotation vacuum - evaporator at 45°C Then 96 % ethanol was added to the concentrated filtrate and the sample was kept overnight at 4°C. The precipitated polysaccharide was filtered, washed as in procedure 1, and dried (Sample 3)... 

Method C (dichlorination) TMBA-IC14 (4.18 g, 10 mmol) is stirred with the acetophenone (5 mmol) in AcOH (50 ml) at 70°C for 5 h. BTMA-IC12 is collected by filtration from the cooled mixture and aqueous NaHS03 (5%, 10 ml) and NaHC03 (5%, 80 ml) are added to the concentrated filtrate. The aqueous mixture is extracted with Et20 (4 x 40 ml) and the dried (MgS04) extracts are evaporated to yield the dichloroacetyl derivative (Table 2.17). 

A convenient method of preparing the potassium salt is to use this reaction, filter off the copper salt and to the concentrated filtrate add potassium acetate, when the tetrathionate separates this, after removal, should be washed with alcohol.10... 

A mixture of 3-methyl-97/-fluoren-9-one (79) [prepared from 2-aminophenyl-4-tolyl ketone (78) f217 2201 5.82g, 30mmol)],NBS (5.34g, 30mmol), and (BzO)2 (0.5 mg, 2.1 mmol) in CC14 (50mL) was stirred at rt for 2h, then refluxed for 2h. The hot soln was filtered and washed with hot CC14 until the solid became almost colorless. The yellow crystals (6.71 g) obtained from the concentrated filtrate (80 mL) were filtered and washed with cold CCl4(5mL). This crude product 80 contained 79 (ca. 5%) and the dibromo... 

At this point, concentrated filtrate from the sample preparation (see Support Protocol 2, step 8) may be pooled with the filtrates. 

Soxhlet extraction with MeOH, concentration, filtration. Dissolution Capsicum oleoresin in MeOH-THF ginger oleoresin in MeOH. 

For dissolved metal analysis, field filtering is essential for other analyses it may be a choice that we make based on the DQOs during the planning phase of the project. Samples for VOC or other purgeable constituent analyses are never filtered neither are, as a general rule, samples collected for SVOC analyses. If the purpose of sampling is to determine the true dissolved SVOC concentrations in groundwater versus dissolved plus colloid-transported concentrations, filtration in the field should be considered. 

Upon completion of reaction, filter the mixture through celite, wash catalyst with MeOH, and concentrate filtrate under vacuum. 

Samples rarely come in a form that can be injected directly into the instrument some form of sample preparation usually is required. Sample preparation includes any manipulation of the sample prior to analysis, including techniques such as weighing, dilution, concentration, filtration, centrifugation, and liquid- or solid-phase extraction. Sample preparation can be performed either on-line or off-line, but it is usually performed offline. Off-line preparation can be time-consuming and tedious, and the more steps that are required, the more susceptible the analytical method is to operator error and irreproducibility. 

Sample preparation includes any manipulation of the sample prior to analysis, including such techniques as weighing, dilution, concentration, filtration, centrifugation, and liquid- or solid-phase extraction. These techniques may be performed with the aid of devices such as... 

Test the ssDNA yield (as well as the effectiveness of intermediate steps in the procedure, if desired) by agarose gel electrophoresis of the following samples (1) retained PCR product, (2) concentrated filtrate from the prespin, (3) supernatant containing the primers and dsDNA that were not captured on the magnetic beads, and (4) 3-5 fi of ssDNA. (The ssDNA band will not run at the same speed as dsDNA.) A larger volume of ssDNA may be necessary to visualize very short products on an agarose gel. 

Concentrate filtrate (another precipitate of BHZ will appear) and wash combined precipitates with ether. 

Preparation of tosylimines To toluene (100 mL) were added the appropriate carboxaldehyde (52.4 mmol), p-toluenesulfonamide (7.47 g, 43.6 mmol), and p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate (1 g, 5.27 mmol). The reaction flask was fitted with a Dean-Stark trap and heated at 115 °C for 16 h. After cooling to rt, the mixture was filtered and the filtrate was concentrated in vacuo. The concentrated filtrate was washed -with Et20 and dried in vacuo to give the corresponding tosylimine. 

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