Chamberland filter

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A Chamberland filter, also known as a Pasteur-Chamberland filter, is a porcelain water filter. It is similar to the Berkefeld filter in principal.

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[edit] Design

Schematic diagram of a Chamberland filter
Schematic diagram of a Chamberland filter

It consists of an unglazed porcelain tube that contains has a ring of enameled porcelain through which the inflow pipe fits. The core of the porcelain is made up of a metal pipe with holes through which water flows out and is collected. Inflow is pressurized so filtration occurs under force.

[edit] Types

There are 13 types in general: L1 to L13.
L1 is the coarsest while L13 is the finest - comparing their pore sizes

[edit] Usefulness

It is as useful as other ceramic and porcelain] filters. It is a good bacterial water filer used mainly as a high volume water filter[1][2].The filter working under pressure, filters water faster. As other filters of its king, it can not filter viruses like Hepatitis A and mycoplasma. It is used in removal of orgamisms from a fluid culture in order to obtain the bacterial toxins.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Textbook of Microbiology by Prof. C P Baveja, ISBN 81-7855-266-3
  2. ^ Textbook of Microbiology by Ananthanarayan and Panikar, ISBN 81-250-2808-0