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Filtrate

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Key Stage 3

Meaning

Filtrate is the solution which has passed through filter during the separation of a mixture by filtration.

This diagram shows how the insoluble solid gets stuck in the filter paper and is called a Residue, while the liquid passes through the filter paper into the conical flask and is called the filtrate.

References

Edexcel

Filtrate, page 151, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel
Filtrate, page 7, GCSE Chemistry, Pearson, Edexcel

OCR

Filtrates, page 42, Gateway GCSE Chemistry, Oxford, OCR