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Coated (Treated) Filters

SKC offers coated filters to meet a variety of OSHA, NIOSH, ASTM, and international agency methods. 

Some chemicals are not effectively trapped by any solid sorbent without special preparation. Chemical coating is carried out on various sorbents to trap aldehydes, nitrogen dioxide, amines and many more compounds. Coated filters make sampling reactive compounds fast and easy. They are a convenient alternative to wet chemistry methods using impingers. Simply unplug the lightweight cassette, insert it into an SKC Filter Cassette Holder, clip holder to a worker’s collar, and attach to a personal sampling pump. Use coated filters to collect compounds that exist as an aerosol or mist or for some higher boiling vapours. Flow rates are typically greater than 1 L/min and sampling times range from 15 minutes to one hour. Most coated filter samples are extracted in solvents and analysed by gas or liquid chromatography.

Coated Filters
  • Ready to use
  • Time-saving
  • Convenient alternative to impinger wet chemistry methods
  • Economical
  • No assembly required - preloaded into cassettes with end plugs and shrink bands
  • Meet agency method specifications
  • No cumbersome collection liquids or glass
  • Easy personal sampling
  • Small package size for short shelf-life product

The methods listed are the most widely used. Note also that coated filters have a limited shelf life and are supplied in 37 mm cassettes unless otherwise noted.

Coated Filters in Cassettes

Click on the part  number to view the specific instruction sheet.

Chemical Method Filter; Coating Pack Size Part Number
Acetic anhydride OSHA 102 2 Glass fibre filters; veratrylamine and di-n-octyl phthalate 10 225-9010    
4-Aminobiphenyl OSHA 93 2 Glass fibre filters; sulphuric acid 10 225-9004
Aniline NIOSH 2017 2 Glass fibre filters; sulphuric acid 10 225-9004 ¥  
Arsenic, volatile compounds OSHA ID-1006 1 MCE filter and plastic pad; untreated and 1 cellulose support pad; sodium carbonate 10 225-9001
Benzidine OSHA 65 2 Glass fibre filters; sulphuric acid 10 225-9004
Bromine, chlorine NIOSH 6011 1 25 mm PTFE pre-filter and polypropylene support; 1 25 mm specially cleaned silver membrane and polypropylene support in 25 mm cassette 5 225-9006
Crotonaldehyde OSHA 81 2 Glass fibre filters; 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine and phosphoric acid 10 225-9019 §  
o-Dianisidine OSHA 71 2 Glass fibre filters; sulphuric acid 10 225-9004
3,3-Dichlorobenzidine OSHA 65 2 Glass fibre filters; sulphuric acid 10 225-9004
Diisocyanates &(HDI;2,6-TDI;2,4-TDI) ASTM D5836 Δ   1 Glass fibre filter and cellulose support; 1-(2-pyridyl) piperazine 10 225-9013 §     
OSHA 5002 10 225-9002 §     
Diphenylamine OSHA 78 2 Glass fibre filters; sulphuric acid 10 225-9004
Fluorides OSHA ID-110
NIOSH 7902
ASTM D4765
1 MCE filter and cellulose pad; sodium carbonate 10 225-9001 #  
Fluorides, particulate NIOSH 7906 2 Nitrocellulose filters; 1 coated with sodium carbonate, 1 uncoated 10 225-9031
Glutaraldehyde OSHA 64 2 Glass fibre filters; 2,4-dinitrophenyl hydrazine and phosphoric acid 10 225-9003 §  
Glyoxal For IFV 25 mm glass fibre filters; 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (filters only, in jar) 10 225-9036 §  
Hexavalent Chromium in Chromium Plating Mist MDHS 52/4 25mm Polyvinylidine Fluoride Filter; sodium hydroxide (filters only) 24 225-9026
Hydrazine OSHA 108 2 Glass fibre filters; sulphuric acid 10 225-9012
Hydrofluoric acid NIOSH 7906 2 Nitrocellulose filters; 1 coated with sodium carbonate, 1 uncoated 10 225-9031
Hydrogen bromide NIOSH 7907 2 Quartz filters and cellulose support; 1 coated with sodium carbonate, 1 uncoated 10 225-9032
Hydrogen chloride NIOSH 7907 2 Quartz filters and cellulose support; 1 coated with sodium carbonate, 1 uncoated 10 225-9032
Hydrogen Peroxide OSHA 1019 2 25 mm Quartz filters; titanium oxysulphate hydrate in 25 mm cassette 10 225-9030 (OSHA 1019)    
NON 57 10 225-9030 (NON 57)    
Isocyanates ASTM    1 PTFE filter, 1 Glass filter treated with MAMA

(ISO-CHEK Sampling System)
12 225-9022   
36 225-9022A   
Isocyanates (HDI;2,6-TDI;2,4-TDI) ASTM D5836 Δ   1 Glass fibre filter and cellulose support; 1-(2-pyridyl) piperazine 10 225-9013 §     
OSHA 5002 10 225-9002 §     
Isocyanates, organic MDHS 25/4 (UK) 1 25 mm A/E Glass filter; methoxyphenyl piperazine (filters only) 5 Special Order §  
n-Isopropylaniline OSHA 78 2 Glass fibre filters; sulphuric acid 10 225-9004
Maleic anhydride OSHA 86 2 Glass fibre filters; veratrylamine 10 225-9021 §  
Maleic anhydride For IFV 1 25 mm Glass fibre filter; veratrylamine (filters only) 10 225-9028 §  
Mercaptans
(methyl-, ethyl-, n-butyl, and phenyl-)
NIOSH 2542
OSHA 26
1 Glass fibre filter; mercuric acetate 10 225-9007 §  
4,4'-Methylene bis (2-chloroaniline) (MOCA) OSHA 71 2 Glass fibre filters; sulphuric acid 10 225-9004
Methylene bisphenyl (MDI) OSHA 47 1 Glass fibre filter and cellulose support; 1-(2-pyridyl) piperazine 10 225-9013 §     
10 225-9002 §     
4,4'-Methylenedianiline OSHA 57 Ω  
NIOSH 5029
2 Glass fibre filters; sulphuric acid 10 225-9004
1-Naphthylamine, 2-naphthylamine OSHA 93 2 Glass fibre filters; sulphuric acid 10 225-9004
Nitric acid NIOSH 2017 2 Quartz filters and cellulose support; 1 coated with sodium carbonate, 1 uncoated 10 225-9032
Nitrobenzene NIOSH 2017 2 Glass fibre filters; sulphuric acid 10 225-9004 ¥  
Ozone OSHA ID-214 2 Glass fibre filters; nitrite-impregnated 10 225-9014 §  
Peracetic Acid OSHA PV2321 1 Quartz filters (R-100); titanium oxysulphate hydrate (TiOSO4) preloaded in 25 mm 2-piece clear cassette 10 225-9037    
Phenylenediamine (o-, m-, p-) OSHA 87 2 Glass fibre filters; sulphuric acid 10 225-9004
Phosphine OSHA 1003 1 Glass fibre filter; 1 polyester filter treated with mercuric chloride 10 225-9018 §     
Phosphoric acid NIOSH 7908 1 Quartz filter 10 225-9033   
Phthalic anhydride OSHA 90 2 Glass Fibre filters, veratrylamine 10 225-9034 §  
Sulphur dioxide NIOSH 6004 (modified) 1 MCE pre-filter and support/1 cellulose filter and support; sodium carbonate 10 225-9005
Sulphuric acid NIOSH 7908 1 Quartz filter 10 225-9033   
2,4-Toluendiamine OSHA 65 2 Glass fibre filters; sulphuric acid 10 225-9004
2,6-Toluendiamine OSHA 65 2 Glass fibre filters; sulphuric acid 10 225-9004
o-Tolidine OSHA 71 2 Glass fibre filters; sulphuric acid 10 225-9004
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate and toluene-2,6-diisocyanate For IFV 1 25 mmGlass fibre filter and cellulose sopport; 1-(2-pyridl)piperazine (filters only) 10 225-9035 §  
o-Toluidine NIOSH 2017 2 Glass fibre filters; sulphuric acid 10 225-9004 ¥  
Toluidine
(o-, m-, p-)
OSHA 73 2 Glass fibre filters; sulphuric acid 10 225-9004
Trimellitic anhydride OSHA 98 2 Glass fibre filters; veratrylamine and di-n-octyl phthalate 10 225-9010    
Valeraldehyde OSHA 85 3 Glass fibre filters; 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine and phosphoric acid 10 225-9020 §  
m-Xylenediamine (m-XDA, p-XDA) OSHA 105 2 Glass fibre filters; sulphuric acid 10 225-9004

Notes

§ Storage below 4°C required

Custom order due to very limited shelf-life

While meeting the specifications of OSHA Methods 5002 and 47, Coated Filter Part Number. 225-9002 contains a higher than specified loading of reagent to increase stability and shelf-life. Coated Filter Part Number 225-9002 traps both vapour and aerosol phases. SKC also offers Coated Filter Part Number 225-9013 that contains the specified reagent loading for OSHA 47, but has a freezer shelf-life of only three months.

Meets multiple ASTM methods, see ISO-CHEK Cassettes

¥ NIOSH Method 2017 also requires SKC Sorbent Tube Part No. 226-15.

# Collects both vapour and aerosol phases of fluorides. The concept of sampling for fluorides in air using a double filter is patented in Canada by IRSST (Institut de recherche en santé et Robert-Suavé en sécurité du travail du Québec), Patent No. 1,299,114.

Ω OSHA 57 is an update of NIOSH 5029 which called for a single filter

Requires Impinger, Part No. 225-36-1

Also requires Sorbent Tube Part Number 226-193-UC or 226-199-UC for simultaneous, separate sampling of peracetic acid

Δ ASTM D5836 and D5932 for 2,4-TDI, 2,6-TDI only

A coated filter is not needed for this method, as sulphuric acid and phosphoric acid are non-volatile acids and are present in the air as an aerosol.

Requires impinger and sorbent trap for simultaneous sampling of PAA and Hydrogen Peroxide

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Coated Filters instructions

Coated Filters in Cassettes
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