What is an Activated Carbon Filter
The term "activated carbon filter" means, as the name suggests, a filter containing activated carbon and, based on the carbon, remove undersirable materials from liquids or gases. Undesirable substances include dust, odors, toxic chemicals such as mercury or asbestos, oils, gasoline vapors, etc. Especially in this day and age, the issues of "clean water" and "clean air" are coming more and more into the foreground. Activated carbon filters therefore play an increasingly important role.
It is therefore not surprising that these kind of filters are used more and more:
- in kitchen ventilation hoods for filtering out cooking smells.
- in home water systems and private wells. This removes dirt particles, sediments and pollutants (and also organic compounds). In addition, drinking water is cleaned of asbestos, chlorine, etc.
- in vacuum cleaners to bind the dust.
- in shoes for sweat odor suppression (with the appropriate insoles).
- in the air filter in cars to reduce pollen and exhaust fumes. Activated carbon even removes odorless gases like ozone.
- in aquarium and pond filters for the removal of toxins, drugs residues, toxic compounds, etc.
- in cigarettes, tobacco pipes and more recently in water pipes (bongs) for reduction of the nicotine and condensate content.
- in (sometimes illegal) so-called indoor growing areas to eliminate or reduce intrusive smells exotic and special crops (e.g. marijuana).
- as lining fabric or material for special textiles, mostly for sports. One example would be the use of bamboo activated carbon. This coal is resistant to bacteria due to certain components and therefore particularly suitable for allergy sufferers. In addition, bamboo activated carbon is meant to absorb long-wave infrared light in clothing and distribute it as heat to the body, which improves blood circulation and accelerates the metabolism.