Activated Carbon is a form of carbon that has been processed to make it extremely porous and thus to have a very large surface area available for adsorption or chemical reactions.
Activated carbon is used in gas purification, gold purification, metal extraction, water purification, medicine, sewage treatment, air filters, gas masks and respirators, filters in compressed air and many other applications.
One major industrial application involves use of activated carbon in the metal finishing field. It is very widely employed for purification of electroplating solutions. Activated carbon treatment removes such impurities and restores plating performance to the desired level.
Carbon adsorption has numerous applications in removing pollutants from air or water streams both in the field and in industrial processes such as: