Büchner funnel

English

Etymology

Named after the inventor, the industrial chemist Ernst Büchner.

Noun

Büchner funnel (plural Büchner funnels)

1. (chemistry) A piece of laboratory equipment used for filtration; it is a ceramic funnel with a flat base on which the filter paper is laid flat; normally used with a vacuum pump.

Translations

a piece of laboratory equipment used in filtration

• Danish: büchnertragt c
• Finnish: büchnersuppilo
• Greek: χωνί Büchner n (choní Büchner)
• Japanese: ブフナー漏斗 (bufunā rōto)
• Polish: lejek Büchnera (pl) m

See also

• Büchner flask
• Hirsch funnel

Further reading

• Büchner funnel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia