Filtration of fine precipitates like lead oxide, potassium fluoride, nickel sulfide or zinc sulfide. Whatman Grade 44 Whatman n/a. Schleicher & Schuell 589/3. Very slow filtration, dense fibre structure, fine-pored. Often used for quantitative analyses, coarse precipitates like lead, iron or silver silfide as well as potassium oxalate. Whatman 44.