Activated Carbon Powder, For Water Treatment

Activated carbon, also called activated charcoal, is a form of carbon processed to have small, low-volume pores that increase thesurface area available for adsorption or chemical reactions.^[1]Activated is sometimes substituted with active.

Due to its high degree of microporosity, just one gram of activated carbon has a surface area in excess of 1,300 m² (14,000 sq ft), as determined by gas adsorption.^[2] An activation level sufficient for useful application may be attained solely from high surface area; however, further chemical treatment often enhances adsorption properties.

Activated carbon is usually derived from charcoal and is sometimes utilized as biochar. Those derived from coal and coke are referred as activated coal and activated coke respectively.