Common use 0.2 um PTFE filter for metals-Analytical Testing Vials. Regardless of the membrane filter material, always use a 0.2 µm pore size membrane filter as the final filter for any sterilizing filtration. The 0.2 µm membranes used in Thermo Scientific™ Nalgene™ filters have been tested and shown to retain 100% of a challenge of 1 X