Komoro Coal Indonesia: Activated Charcoal

Activated charcoal is carbon that has been treated with oxygen. The treatment results in a highly porous charcoal. These tiny holes give the charcoal a facade area of 300-2,000 m²/g, allowing liquids or gases to pass through the charcoal and act together with the exposed carbon. The carbon adsorbs a wide range of impurities and contaminants, including chlorine, odors, and pigments. Because adsorption works by chemically binding the impurities to the carbon, the active sites in the charcoal ultimately become filled. Activated charcoal

filters become less helpful with use and have to be recharged or replaced.

Uses of Activated Charcoal:

Over 3000 year’s activated charcoal is used for health and remedial purposes. Activated carbon is a form of charcoal that is extremely porous and able to attract and strongly bind many harmful substances in various aqueous based environments. Common charcoal is made from peat, coal, wood, coconut shell, or petroleum.  Activated carbon is made from wood, vegetables, and other materials and is known for its ability to filter toxins out of the water and human body. Activated charcoal has been shown to be helpful at binding to chlorine, viruses, bacteria, and their metabolic byproducts and toxic excretions. It is expected that daily use of activated charcoal lesser the amount of toxic freight in the human body almost 60%.

Factors That Affect Efficiency of Activated Charcoal:

Several factors control the efficiency of activated charcoal. The pore size and allocation varies depending on carbon and the mechanized process Contaminants are also removed more proficiently if they are in contact with the activated charcoal for a longer time and that’s why  flow rate through the charcoal affects filtration.

Manufacturing of Activated Charcoal:

Charcoal is mostly made from burning of coconut shell in very high heat without the occurrence of oxygen. This `activated` process wood creates millions of little pores within the charcoal material. These pores take in and hold large amounts of liquid and toxic remains.

Absorbent Qualities:

Activated charcoal has been shown to catch and hold more than 100 times its own weight in outside materials.  Activated charcoal is said to adsorb foreign materials rather than absorb them. Sponges absorb liquids but do not bind them, and therefore they can be squeezed right out. On the flip side, substances like charcoal that adsorb actually bind the toxins so they cannot escape. When toxins and other impurities interact with charcoal, they are bound tightly at a molecular level and cannot escape.

In 2008, a Chinese chemical company had an accidental explosion that released massive quantities of toxic benzene into the Songhua River, which provides the drinking water for over 10 million people in the city of Harbin. The Chinese government used activated charcoal to filter out the benzene from the river. The experiment was a success and saved the village from a near lethal exposure to toxic benzene.

Activated charcoal is very mild on the colon and does not impede with the natural mucus lining of the intestines. It is superb for cleansing the intestines. It is great at binding to toxic gases, Candida, parasites and other physical impurities and at depiction them harmless. Bloating, flatulence and constipation are relieved. Charcoal supplementation is best when vault with fibers such as psyllium powder or celery seed powder and good levels of hydration.