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April 12, 2013
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PTFE is naturally very hydrophobic and therefore not well-suited to filtering aqueous based samples through a membrane. Due to the polarity differences, it will be difficult to filter.

Many other membrane types including nylon that is more hydrophilic should be used for water-based samples instead.

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