Olefin, a manufatured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is any long-chain synthetic polymer composed of at least 85% by weight of ethylene, propylene or other olefin units. has become the most popular media on market due to its wide range of chemical compatibility. JFPI manufactures (4) types of polypropylene media's; FDA (P) (has coconut soap finish), econ (EP) industrial (has industrial finish), fibrillated (F) (continious strand, non-foaming, more of strainer type filter, and NON-FOAMING. This proprietary fiber has a finish that is non-foaming, therefore there is no longer any need to prewash or preflow filters as in the past. The biggest requests in this area have been from your customers in the plating industry, also applies to the drinking water industry or any other applications where polypropylene is required and non-foaming application is needed. When ordering, please specify on ordering NON-FOAMING POLYPROYLENE. Pricing will be same as that used FDA polypropylene published prices.

Good to excellent resistance to most acids & alkalis with exception of elevated temperature, exposure to chlorosulfonic acid, concentrated nitric acid & certain oxidizing agents. Excellent resistance to micro-organisms.