Filtration:

Terms Related to Filtration

• Filtration qualities

  The filtration characteristics of a drilling mud. In general, these qualities are inverse to the thickness of the filter cake deposited on the face of ...

• Filtration rate

  See fluid loss.

• Filtration loss

  The escape of the liquid part of a drilling mud into permeable formations.

• Spurt loss

  The initial loss of mud solids by filtration, making formations easier to drill. See filtration loss.

• Filter paper

  Porous unsized paper for filtering liquids. Api filtration test specifies one thickness of 9-cm filter paper whatman no. 50, s & s no. 576, or ...

• Filter press

  A device used in the testing of filtration properties of drilling mud. See mud.

• Starch

  A complex carbohydrate sometimes added to drilling fluids to reduce filtration loss.