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The process of separating components of a slurry by leaving the suspended solids as filter cake on a filter medium while the liquid passes through. The process can be either static or dynamic.
See: bentonite, colloidal solids, dynamic filtration, filtercake, filter medium, high-pressure, high-temperature filtration test, low-colloid oil mud, low-pressure, low-temperature filtration test, mud program, static filtration