Charles Chamberland Explained

Charles Edouard Chamberland
Birth Date:12 March 1851
Birth Place:Chilly-le-Vignoble
Nationality:French
Field:microbiology
Known For:Chamberland filter

Charles Edouard Chamberland (in French pronounced as /ʃaʁl ʃɑ̃bɛʁlɑ̃/; 12 March 1851 – 2 May 1908) was a French microbiologist from Chilly-le-Vignoble in the department of Jura who worked with Louis Pasteur.

In 1884 he developed a type of filtration known today as the Chamberland filter or Chamberland-Pasteur filter, a device that made use of an unglazed porcelain bar.[1] The filter had pores that were smaller than bacteria, thus making it possible to pass a solution containing bacteria through the filter, and having the bacteria completely removed from the solution.[2] Chamberland was also credited for starting a research project that led to the invention of the autoclave device in 1879.

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Notes and References

  1. Horzinek MC. The birth of virology . Antonie van Leeuwenhoek . 1997 . 71 . 15–20 . 10.1023/A:1000197505492 . 9049014 . 1–2. 1874/3461 . 28755205 . free .
  2. Hansen. Bert. The Filter of Life. Distillations. 2015. 2. 3. 6–7. 26 March 2018.