1. What is activated carbon?
Activated carbon is a form of carbon with the scientific name activated carbon. Used to treat oxygen at high temperature to create pores, small size, small volume in order to increase the surface area for adsorption or make chemical reactions take place faster. normal.
Activated carbon is available in powder, tube, and sheet forms
2. The outstanding characteristics of activated carbon
Activated carbon is a black type, made from peat, bone coal, coal, coke, sawdust or biochar such as fruit peel, straw, coir ...
Almost all types of activated carbon are processed at high temperatures to change the internal structure, becoming more porous than other types of coal. Thanks to their more porous properties and negative charge, activated carbons have the ability to attract positively charged molecules, which are toxins and toxic gases in the body.
The process of creating activated carbon from coconut shells (coir fiber)
3. So what is the composition of activated carbon?
Activated carbon is usually obtained mainly as charcoal, sometimes as biochar. Those obtained from coke or coal are called activated coke or activated coal.
Chemically composed mainly of the element carbon in the form of amorphous (powder form), partly in the form of crystals of graphite chips.
In addition to carbon, the rest is usually ash, mainly sand and alkali metals.
Activated carbon has a larger surface area, making it ideal for filtering a wide range of chemicals.
