Activated Carbon Today

Carbon is an element which has a proven history of its use on absorbing impure particles and probably one of the most powerful adsorbents we have known until now. Activated carbon could be defined as that a kind of carbon which exhibits electropositive charge, that attracts chemicals and other impurities to it. When impure water is made to pass over the activated carbon, the negatively charged particles of the contaminants get attracted to the surface of the granular carbon.

Activated carbon water filters employed for domestic water purification normally consist of either granular activated carbon or powder activated carbon. Both are known to be equally efficient in removing contaminants owing to activated carbon adsorption properties. Actually, how well a certain carbon filter performs depends upon the quantity of carbon used in the filter and length of time the contaminated water is made to pass over it. More carbon means better filtration and similarly the slower the flow of water, the better will be activated carbon adsorption.

The role of granular activated carbon treatment is very effective in removing a number of organic compounds and also radon and chlorine and also certain cancer producing compounds. The granular activated carbon filters are also quite cost effective as compared to other filters, which are not known to remove the contaminants efficiently.

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