Activated carbon has a highly porous structure with an elevated specific area. This allows it to capture many pollutant molecules inside, adsorbing them on the extended internal surface area.
Thanks to the elevated specific area, the activated carbon is capable of capturing many molecules of other substances inside of it, lodging these molecules on its extended internal surface area; in other words, activated carbon is a material with high adsorbent capacities. Activated carbon is used for the filtering, purification, deodorisation and decolourisation of fluids. Looking at them through a microscope, the activated carbons are composed of a series of burrows which become progressively smaller so as to “trap” the pollutants in the air. This structure allows them to have a very high specific surface, even up to 2500 m2/g, technically divided into macropores (>500 Angstrom), mesopores (20-500 Angstrom) and micropores (0-20 Angstrom).
Our company can offer you several types of carbon from dust to granular flakes:
Regeneration The accumulation of pollutants on the surface of the activated carbon determines the gradual loss of its adsorption capacity until it completely disappears. At that point the activated carbon must be replaced or else regenerated through a regeneration or reactivation process which allows the carbon to reacquire its adsorbent properties. Regeneration can take place through:
This last method is the most effective, namely thermal reactivation at high temperatures (850-2500 °C), though it entails losing part of the processed carbon.
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