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FILOSA - LoveToKnow Article on FILOSA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | The liquid to be filtered is poured into the cone, preferably down a glass rod upon the sides of the funnel to prevent splashing and to preserve the apex of the filter-paper, and passes through the paper, upon which the solid matter is retained. |
 | | In the case of liquids containing strong acids or alkalis, which the paper cannot withstand, a plug of carefully purified asbestos or glass-wool (spun glass) is often employed, contained in a bulb blown as an enlargement on a narrow filtertube. |
 | | In the so-called Buchner funnel, the filtering vessel is cylindrical, and the paper receives support by being laid upon its flat perforated bottom. |
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