a cylindrical funnel for filtration, usually of porcelain or plastic, that includes a perforated plate on which a filter paper is placed. It is generally used with a vacuum.
Then filter on a Büchner funnel fitted with a filtering aid or on a sintered filter.
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It is commonly thought to be named for the Nobel Laureate, Eduard Buchner (without umlaut), but it is actually named for the industrial chemist Ernst Büchner.
