Definition of Filter paper

1. Noun. A porous unsized paper used for filtering.

Generic synonyms: Paper

Definition of Filter paper

1. Noun. porous paper used for filtration ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Filter Paper

filter-feeder
filter-feeders
filter-tipped
filter-tipped cigarette
filter bank
filter bed
filter down
filter fabric
filter feeder
filter feeders
filter funnel
filter funnels
filter lane
filter lanes
filter out
filter paper (current term)
filter sterilisation
filter tip
filter up
filterabilities
filterability
filterable
filterbank
filterbanks
filtered
filtered down
filtered out
filtered up
filterer
filterers

Literary usage of Filter paper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Druggist (1889)
"FILTER paper, beaten or shaken into a pulp, can be put to a variety of uses. ... All torn filters, filter trimmings, and scraps of clean filter paper are ..."

2. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"Filter onto an 11-cm. filter paper and wash once with hot water to collect the precipitate in the cone of the filter. Invert the funnel over the beaker in ..."

3. Report (1904)
"It is possible that the enzyme was fixed by the filter paper. We have, by the following experiments, shown that hardened filter paper fixes ptyalin. ..."

4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1881)
"I pointed out that, instead of using a disk of filter paper, paper pulp or ... In funnels of this shape, the perforated plate and disk of filter paper are ..."

5. Modern Pulp and Paper Making: A Practical Treatise by George Strong Witham (1920)
"filter paper. filter paper is in many respects similar to blotting paper. ... The manufacture of filter paper for scientific purposes is a branch of paper ..."

6. Analytical Chemistry by Frederick Pearson Treadwell (1910)
"Analysis. t By using filter-paper which has been carefully washed with hydrochloric and hydrofluoric acids, it is permissible to neglect the weight of the ..."

7. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"Usually the filter paper is supported in a glass funnel which should have ... The edge of the filter paper should be about 10 mm. below the edge of the ..."

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