Whatman has been a leading supplier of filtration products for environmental monitoring applications for more than 40 years. Regulatory authorities worldwide demand the highest quality from filtration products to ensure accurate results. Whatman products are acknowledged as the standard to which other products are compared and have been used by the EPA.
Whatman filter papers are used widely in the environmental arena to monitor air, water and emissions. Whatman products are specified in EPA and ASTM protocols for environmental monitoring. The US EPA uses Whatman PM 2.5 PTFE filters in its network of particulate monitoring programs. Our products are used also for the analysis of smoke stack particles, the monitoring of gases and the detection of atmospheric contamination in nuclear power plants.
Applications
- EPM 2000 is used in High Volume PM 10 testing
- PM 2.5 PTFE is used in EPA PM 2.5 Reference Method
- QM-A quartz filters used for high temperature/high S02/No2 applications
- pH papers can be used to check quickly water quality in the field
- Thimbles are used in solvent extraction to determine volatile organics from solid wastes.
- 934AH glass microfiber papers are used in total suspended solids analysis methods for wastewater (Standard Methods-2540D)
- TCLP Acid Treated Low Metal glass microfibre filters for EPA Method 1311 Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP)
- Track-etched membrane is used for asbestos analysis
- Gridded cellulose membrane can measure the total coliform content of waters
- SPE Disk for oil and grease analysis (EPA Method 1664A)
- CryptTest™ cartridge filter for (EPA Method 1623)
- Mini-UniPrep™ based devices are used in detecting harmful microorganisms by first responders
- Polycap GW for ground water analysis
- Grade 4 reels for smoke detection instruments