Charles Chamberland (; 12 March 1851 – 2 May 1908) was a French microbiologist from

Chilly-le-Vignoble Chilly-le-Vignoble () is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Jura department The following is a list of the 494 communes of the Jura department of France ...

in the department of Jura who worked with Louis Pasteur. In 1884 he developed a type of filtration known today as the

Chamberland filter A Chamberland filter, also known as a Pasteur–Chamberland filter, is a porcelain water filter invented by Charles Chamberland in 1884. It was developed after Henry Doulton, Henry Doulton's ceramic water filter of 1827. It is similar to the ...

or Chamberland-Pasteur filter, a device that made use of an unglazed

porcelain Porcelain () is a ceramic material made by heating substances, generally including materials such as kaolinite, in a kiln to temperatures between . The strength and translucence of porcelain, relative to other types of pottery, arises main ...

bar. The filter had pores that were smaller than

bacteria Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one Cell (biology), biological cell. They constitute a large domain (biology), domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometr ...

, thus making it possible to pass a solution containing bacteria through the filter, and having the bacteria completely removed from the solution. Chamberland was also credited for starting a research project that led to the invention of the

autoclave An autoclave is a machine used to carry out industrial and scientific processes requiring elevated temperature and pressure in relation to ambient pressure and/or temperature. Autoclaves are used before surgical procedures to perform sterilizati ...

device in 1879.

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Charles Edouard Chamberland and Louis Pasteur
PasteurBrewing.com 1908 deaths 1851 births People from Jura (department) French microbiologists {{France-biologist-stub