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Filtration Spectrum
Filtration Spectrum
Micrometers
(Log Scale)
Molecular Range
0.01
Angstrom Units 1
(Log Scale)
10
2 3 5 8
100
20 30 50 80 20 30 50 80 0 0 0 0
1000
104
30 00 50 80
2 3 5 8
105
2 3 5 8
106
2 3 5 8
107
2
20 00
00
00
100
200
1000
10,000
20,000
100,000
500,000
Albumin Protein
Aqueous Salts
Pin Point
Beach Sand
Granular Activated Carbon
Metal Ion
Synthetic Dye
Milled Flour
Ion Ex. Resin Bead
Pesticide Herbicide
Coal Dust
Cryptosporidium
Giardia Cyst
Mist
REVERSE OSMOSIS
(Hyperfiltration)
ULTRAFILTRATION MICROFILTRATION
PARTICLE FILTRATION
NANOFILTRATION
Note: 1 Micron (1x10-6 Meters) 4x10-5 Inches (0.00004 Inches) 1 Angstrom Unit = 10-10 Meters = 10-4 Micrometers (Microns)
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