Funnel

Funnel
A funnel is a tube or pipe that is wide at

the top and narrow at the bottom, used for
guiding liquid or powder into a small
opening.
A typical kitchen funnel

A ceramic Roman kitchen funnel (1st–3rd century AD)
Funnels are usually made of stainless

steel, aluminium, glass, or plastic. The
material used in its construction should be
sturdy enough to withstand the weight of
the substance being transferred, and it
should not react with the substance. For
this reason, stainless steel or glass are
useful in transferring diesel, while plastic
funnels are useful in the kitchen.
Sometimes disposable paper funnels are
used in cases where it would be difficult to
adequately clean the funnel afterwards
(for example, in adding motor oil to a car).
Dropper funnels, also called dropping
funnels or tap funnels, have a tap to allow
the controlled release of a liquid. A flat
funnel,[1] made of polypropylene, utilises
living hinges and flexible walls to fold flat.
The term "funnel" may refer to the chimney

or smokestack on a steam locomotive and
commonly refers to the same on a ship.
The term funnel is also applied to other
seemingly strange objects like a smoking
pipe or a kitchen bin.
Laboratory funnels
There are many different kinds of funnels
that have been adapted for specialised
applications in the laboratory. Filter
funnels, thistle funnels (shaped like thistle
flowers), and dropping funnels have
stopcocks which allow the fluids to be
added to a flask slowly. For solids, a
powder funnel with a wide and short stem
is more appropriate as it does not clog
easily.
When used with filter paper, filter funnels,

Büchner and Hirsch funnels can be used
to remove fine particles from a liquid in a
process called filtration. For more
demanding applications, the filter paper in
the latter two may be replaced with a
sintered glass frit. Separatory funnels are
used in liquid-liquid extractions. The
Tullgren funnel is used to collect
arthropods from plant litter or similar
material.[2]
Construction …
Glass is the material of choice for

laboratory applications due to its inertness
compared with metals or plastics.
However, plastic funnels made of
nonreactive polyethylene are used for
transferring aqueous solutions. Plastic is
most often used for powder funnels that
do not come into contact with solvent in
normal use.
Uses …
To channel liquids or fine-grained

substances into containers with a small
opening. Used for pouring liquids or
powder through a small opening and for
holding the filter paper in filtration. Used
in transferring liquids in small
containers.
Funnels known as killing cones are used
to slaughter individual birds in poultry
farming. The funnel is used to hold a
bird upside down so that it can be bled
more easily.[3]
Culture
The painting Cutting the Stone depicts the extraction,

by a man wearing a funnel hat, of the stone of
madness
The inverted funnel is a symbol of
madness. It appears in many Medieval
depictions of the mad; for example, in
Hieronymus Bosch's Ship of Fools and
Allegory of Gluttony and Lust. The Cebuano
word for inverted funnel is embodo; such
devices are sometimes used as timers.
In popular culture, the Tin Woodman in L.

Frank Baum's novel The Wonderful Wizard
of Oz (and in most dramatizations of it)
uses an inverted funnel for a hat, though
that is never specifically mentioned in the
story—it originated in W. W. Denslow's
original illustrations for the book.
In the East Coast of the United States,
"beer funnel" is another term for "beer
bong". "Funneling" a beer involves pouring
an entire beer into a funnel attached to a
tube, in which a person then consumes the
beer via the tube.
In the computing world, a funnel is

frequently used as the icon for the filter
functionality.
See also
Funneling (disambiguation)
Tundish, used in plumbing and
continuous casting
References
1. "Flat Funnel for Compact Storage in
kitchen garage RV to funnel fluids" .
Flat Funnel. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
2. A Dictionary of Entomology . CABI.
2011. p. 172. ISBN 184593542X.
Retrieved 9 July 2013.
3. SPARREY, J., SANDERCOCK, D.,
SPARKS, N., & SANDILANDS, V. (2014).
Current and novel methods for killing
poultry individually on-farm. World's
Poultry Science Journal, 70(4), 737-
758.
doi:10.1017/S0043933914000816
External links
Media related to Funnel shaped objects

at Wikimedia Commons
Media related to Funnels (ship part) at

Wikimedia Commons
Look up funnel in Wiktionary, the free

dictionary.
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A funnel is a tube or pipe that is wide at

A typical kitchen funnel

Funnels are usually made of stainless

The term "funnel" may refer to the chimney

When used with ﬁlter paper, ﬁlter funnels,

Glass is the material of choice for

To channel liquids or ﬁne-grained

The painting Cutting the Stone depicts the extraction,

In popular culture, the Tin Woodman in L.

In the computing world, a funnel is

Look up funnel in Wiktionary, the free

Last edited 22 days ago by JJMC89 bot III

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