What Is Activated Carbon

Activated carbon is a type of specially treated carbon that heats organic raw materials (fruit shells, coal, wood, etc.) in isolation from air to reduce non carbon components (this process is called carbonization). Then, it reacts with the gas, erodes the surface, and produces a microporous structure (this process is called activation). Due to the fact that the activation process is a microscopic process, where a large amount of molecular carbides corrode the surface in a point like manner, resulting in countless small pores on the surface of activated carbon. The diameter of micropores on the surface of activated carbon is mostly between 2-50nm. Even a small amount of activated carbon has a huge surface area, with a surface area of 500-1500m2 per gram. Almost all applications of activated carbon are based on this characteristic of activated carbon.