An end closure for the filter case or bowl which contains one or more ports.
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ALUM
Is an aluminum sulfate or filter alum. Acts in the range of 5.0 to 8.0 pH.
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CONTAMINANT CAPACITY
The weight of a specified artificial contaminant that must be added to the influent to produce a given differential pressure across a filter at specified conditions. Used as an indication of relative service life. Also known as Dirt capacity, Dust capacity
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BUBBLE POINT
The differential gas pressure at which the first steady stream of gas bubbles is emitted from a wetted filter element under specified test conditions.
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FILTER ELEMENT
The porous device that performs the actual process of filtration. Also known as Cartridge
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ADSORPTIVE FILTRATION
The attraction to, and retention of particles in, a filter medium by electrostatic forces, or by molecular attraction between the particles and the medium.
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FILTER MANIFOLD
A filter assembly containing multiple ports and integral relating components which services more than one fluid circuit.
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ACTIVATED CARBON
Is a specially processed carbon, used as a filter drier. Commonly used to clean air.
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ADSORBENT FILTER
A filter medium primarily intended to hold soluble and insoluble contaminants on its surface by molecular adhesion.
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BRIDGING
A condition of filter element loading in which contaminant spans the space between adjacent sections of a filter element, thus blocking a portion of the useful filtration.
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BURST PRESSURE RATING
The maximum specified inside-out differential pressure that can be applied to a filter element without outward structural or filter-medium failure.
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