{"id":181,"date":"2021-04-26T10:43:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T10:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micbacindia.com\/blog\/?p=181"},"modified":"2021-04-28T10:48:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T10:48:19","slug":"coconut-activated-carbon-is-the-best-for-odor-air-purification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micbacindia.com\/blog\/coconut-activated-carbon-is-the-best-for-odor-air-purification\/","title":{"rendered":"Coconut Activated Carbon is the Best for Odor &#038; Air Purification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Why activated carbon is used for purifying air? Well, it is\nsimply because 1gm activated carbon offers 3000 sqmeters for capturing odorous air\nmolecules. This surface area is equal to a football stadium. Are you confused? When\noxygen and charcoalare treated together, millions of tiny pores open between carbon\natoms. The activated carbon thus gets enhanced adsorption capability. With this\nquality, active carbon is extensively used in air and water purification. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The Process of Activation <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Activation is the process of making carbon porous so that its 75% volume has empty space. Thus, carbon\u2019s density gets reduced. This is done by passing steam to red hot charcoal. Activation can be done with the help of chemicals also, but steam generates greater porosity than chemical activation. That is why, <a href=\"https:\/\/micbacindia.com\/\">activated carbon<\/a> is being used as adsorbent. No material can develop such huge empty space by a simple process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Different Sources of Activated Carbon<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are three grades of activated carbon according to\ntheir porosity \u2013 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Coconut <\/li><li>Coal<\/li><li>Wood<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Coconut carbon is produced from coconut shells by the\nprocess of activation. Coconuts have micro pores meaning their pore diameter is\nless than 2nm. Coal has mesopores implying their pore diameter is between 2 to\n50nm and wood has pore diameter of over 50nm. Application of the different grades\nof carbons are also different. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Applications of Different Activated Carbon<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Molecules having micro diameter are in gaseous\nform as attractive force of the molecules is much less, it cannot withhold them\nfrom escaping to gaseous form. Since coconut carbon has micro pore diameter,\ncoconut activated carbon is the best for capturing molecules and holding them\nfirmly without allowing them to escape. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Coal carbon has meso pore diameter and therefore,\ncoal based activated carbon is best for absorbing vapors of low molecular liquids.\nThat is why, it has wide usage in water purification.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Wood carbon have macro pore diameter and are\nsuitable for absorbing bigger molecules like dyes. So, wood based activated\ncarbon are used for decoloring of varied liquids. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> Thus, when it is about controlling odor and air purification, <a href=\"https:\/\/micbacindia.com\/coconut-shell-granular-activated-carbon\">coconut based activated carbon<\/a> is the best. For any practical purpose, activated coconut carbon should be used as filter for contaminated air. Now, to increase the adsorption capacity, chemicals are mixed with carbon because carbon is inert to chemicals. In other words, coconut carbon is the best material for odor controlling system, air purification, removal of toxic gas and disinfection management.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why activated carbon is used for purifying air? Well, it is simply because 1gm activated carbon offers 3000 sqmeters for capturing odorous air molecules. This surface area is equal to a football stadium. Are you confused? When oxygen and charcoalare treated together, millions of tiny pores open between carbon atoms. 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