ACTIVATED CARBON ABSORPTION MEDIA INDEX
The following list shows substances where excellent removal is obtained using Activated Carbon and Other adsorption media.
| Acetic acid Acetic anhydrite Acrylic acid Acrylonitrile Adhesives Alcohol Alcoholic beverages Ally chloride Amyl acetate Amyl alcohol Amyl ether Aniline Antiseptics Asphalt fumes Bathroom smells Benzaldehyde Benezene Body odours Bromine Burned flesh Burned food Butanone Butyl acetate Butyl alcohol Butyl cellosolve Butyl chloride Butyl ether Butylaldehyde Butyric acid Camphor Cancer odour Coproaldehyde Caprylic acid Carbolic acid Carbon disulphide Carbon tetrachloride Cellosolve Cellosolve acetate Charred materials Cheese Chlorobenzene Clorobutadiene Chloroform Chloronitropropane Cloroapicrin Cigarette smoke Citrus and other fruit Cleaning compound Cooking odours Creosote Cresol Crotonoldehyde Cyclohexanane Cyclohexanol Cyclohexanone Cyclohexene Dead animals Decane Decaying substances Decomposition odours Decorating odours Deodorants Detergents Dibromoethane Dichlorobenzene Dichlorosflouromethane Dichloroethylene Dichloroethyl ether Dichloronitroethane Dichloropropane Dicyclopentadiem Diethyl ketone Dimethysulphate Dioxane Dipropyl ketone Disinfectant Embalming odours Epichlorhydrin |
Essential oils Ethyl acrylate Ethyl benzene Ethyl bromide Ethyl mercaptan Ethyl silicate Ethylene chlorhydrin Ethylene dichloride Euclyptole Female odours Fertilisers Fish odours Floral scents Food aromas Freon 11 Freon 12 Freon 113 Gangrene Garlic Gasolene Heptane Heptylene Hospital odours Household smells Incense Indole Iodine Iodoform Irritants Isophorone Isopropyl acetate Isopropyl chloride Isopropyl ether Kerosene Kitchen odours Krypton delay Lactic acid Leather Lingering odours Liquid fuels Liquor odours Lubricants Lysol Masking agents Medicinal odours Melons Menthol Mercaptans Mesityl oxide Methy butyl ketone Methyl cellosolve acetate Methyl cellosolve Methyl chloroform Methyl methacrylate ester Methyl ethyl ketone Methyl mercaptan Methylcyclohexane Methylcyclohexanol Methyl glycol Methylcyclohexanone Methylene chloride Mixed odours Monochlorobenzene Monofluro-trichloremethane Moth balls Naptha (coal tar) Naptha (petroleum) Napthalene Nicotine Nitro benzenes Nitroethane Nitroglycerine Nitromethane Nitropropane Nonane |
Octalene Octane Octene Odours Odorants Onions Organic chemicals Ozone Packing house odours Paint odours Palmitic acid Paper deteriorations Paradichlorbenzene Paste and glue Pentanone Perchloroethylene Perfumes,cosmetics Perspiration Pesticides Pet odours Phenol Pitch Plastics Poultry odours Propionic acid Propyl acetate Propyl alcohol Propyl chloride Propyl ether Propyl mercaptan Putrescine Pyridine Rancid odours Resins Reodorants Ripening fruits Rubber Sauerkraut Sewer odours Skatole Smog Smoke Soaps Sour milk Spilled beverages Spoiled foodstuffs Stale odours Stoddard solvent Stuffiness Styrene monomer Sulphur compounds Tar Tetrachloroethane Tetrachloroethylene Theatrical makeup odours Thiophene Tobacco smoke Toilet odours Toluene Toluene di isocyante Toluidine Trichloroethylene Trichloroethane Turpentine Urea Uric acid Valeric acid Valericaldehyde Vinyl acetate Vinyl chloride mononer Vapours Varnish fumes Vinigar Waste Products Xylene Xenon delay |
The following substances have good collection results with either standard activated carbon, Impregnated activated carbon or alternative adsorption media.
| Acentonitrile Acetaldehyde Acetone Acetylene Acids Acrolein Amines Ammonia Animal odours Anaesthetics Bacteria Bleaching solutions Butadiene Butane Butylene Butyraldehyde Carbon dioxide Chlorine Coal smoke Combustion odours Corrosive gases Dichlorodiflouromethane Dichloromonoflouromethane Dichlorotetraflourethane Diesel fumes Diethyl amine |
Dimethyl sulphide Ethyl bromide Ethyl chloride Ethyl ether Ethyle formate Ethylene oxide Exhaust fumes Film processing odours Flourotrichloromethane Formaldehyde Formic acid Hexane Hexene Hexyne Hydrogen sulphide Hydrogen selenide Hydrogen bromide Hydrogen chloride Hydrogen flouride Hydrogen iodine Incomplete combustion Industrial waste Isoprene Methyl alcohol Methyl acetate Methyl bromide |
Methyl ether Methyl formate Mildew Mould Nitric acid Nitrogen dioxide Noxious gases Pentane Phosgene Poison gas Pollen Propionaldehyde Putrifying matters Radio active iodine Sulphuric acid Sulphur dioxide Sulphur trioxide Slaughtering odours Sewer odours Vinyl chloride Viruses Volatile organic compounds Wood alcohol |
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SPECIALTY CARBON ADSORBENTS
Granular Activated Carbons and other adsorbents are processed from either Coconut Shell, Wood, Coal, Peat Moss or Zeolite.
We also enhance, impregnate and custom blend granular activated carbons for specialized applications.
Some of our 200+ specialty carbon adsorbents are specified below.
Symptoms / Locations |
Type / Source |
Carbon Adsorbents |
| Allergy, Asthma, Respiratory Distress, Sick Building Syndrome |
Home & Office Cleansers, Paper, Mold, Personal Care Products, New Furnishings |
Coconut base activated carbon |
| Home, Hospital, Office, Industry |
New Carpets, Computers, Particle Board (Pressed Wood) Furniture | NW RE |
| Restaurants, Bars, Smoking Rooms | Tobacco Smoke & Odors | NW SM |
| Beauty Salons, Nail Salons | Ammonia, Formaldehyde | NW BS |
| Incontinence | Urine Odor | NW IN |
| Kennels, Pets, Veterinary Clinics | Pet Odors | NW PO |
| Dental Offices, Mining Operations, Batteries, Hydrogenation |
Mercury Vapors | NW ME |
| Computer Systems, Paper Mills, Laboratories, Electronic Components Assembly, Sewage Treatment Plants, | Acid Gases, Hydrogen Sulfide, Chlorine, etc. | NW AG |
| Museums | Sulfur Dioxide | NW MU |
| Nuclear Power Plants | Radioactive Iodine | NW NU |
| Petrochemical Plants | Acid Gases, Ammonia | NW PE |
| Poultry Plants, Animal Waste | Ammonia | NW AM |
| Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS) | Multiple Chemicals | NW PM |
| Artists | Specialty Art Chemicals | NW SO |
| Multiple Chemical Gases or Odors | Most Chemicals & Odors | Peat Moss Carbon |
| Adhesives, Glues, Plastics Manufacturing, Embalming Fluids & Chemicals | Formaldehyde (High Concentrations) |
NW FO |
| Welding & Soldering Fumes | Sulfur, Nitrogen Dioxide | NW WF |
| Sewage Treatment | Hydrogen Sulfide | NW SE |
| Multiple Pollutants | Custom Mixed Blends | NW CB |
Vapour Phase
Industry |
Standard |
Description |
Typical Use |
| Solvent recovery | NW micro FY5 NW micro AY5 NW meso D43 |
Recovery of organic solvents to optimise process economics and control vapour emissions | Acetate fibres (acetone), pharmaceuticals (methylene chloride), film coating and printing (ethly acetate), magnetic tape (MEK) |
| Carbon dioxide | NW micro AY5 | Purification of carbon dioxide from fermentation processes | Adsorption of alcohols, amines and mercaptans |
| Industrial respirators | NW micro VN5 | Adsorption of organic vapours | To meet CEN 141 standards - Type A respirators |
| Waste disposal | NW meso FGT Plus | Disposal of domestic, chemical and clinical waste by high temperature incineration | Removal of heavy metals and dioxins from flue gas |
| Cigarettes | NW micro SX5 | Incorporation as either powder or granule in filter tips | Extraction of some harmful elements of cigarette smoke, or taste and flavour control |
| Air conditioning | NW micro TH5 NW micro FY5 |
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HEVAC) | Airports (partially combusted fuel odours), offices (motor vehical odours), fume cupboards (solvent odours) |
| Composite fibres | NW micro PAC Plus NW macro GA |
Impregnation of powdered activated carbon into foam/fibre/non-woven substance | Air treatment, face masks and respirators, shoe insole deoderiser and water treatment |
| Fridge de-oderisers | NW micro TH5 | In situ filter units | Removal of general food odours |
Liquid Phase
Industry |
Standard |
Description |
Typical Use |
| Potable water treatment | NW meso 100 | Granular activated carbons (GAC) installed in rapid gravity filters | Removal of dissolved organic contaminants, control of tase and odour problems |
| Soft drinks | NW micro FY5 | Potable water treatment, sterilisation with chlorine | Chlorine removal and adsorption of dissolved organic contaminants |
| Brewing | NW micro FY5 | Potable water treatment | Removal of trihalomethanes (THM) and phenolics |
| Semi-conductors | NW micro FY5 | Ultra high purity water | Total organic carbon (TOC) reduction |
| Gold recovery | NW micro CL40 NW micro CL50 |
Operation of carbon in leach (CIL), carbon in pulp (CIP) and heap leach circuits | Recovery of gold from "tailings" dissolved in sodium cyanide |
| Petrochemical | NW micro AY5 | Recycling of steam condensate for boiler feed water | Removal of oil and hydrocarbon contamination |
| Groundwater | NW micro TH5 NW micro FY5 NW meso 100 |
Industrial contamination of ground water reserves | Reduction of total organic halogens (TOX) and adsorbable organic halogens (AOX) including chloroform, tetrachloroethylene and trichloroethane |
| Industrial waste water | NW micro FY5 NW meso100 |
Process effluent treatment to meet environmental legislation | Reduction of total organic halogens (TOX), bioloical oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) |
| Swimming pools | NW micro | Ozone injection for removal of organic contaminants | Removal of residual ozone and control of chloramine levels |
ADSORPTIVE CAPACITY FOR VAPOR CONTAMINANTS
In general, vapor contaminants can be indexed in terms of how well they are adsorbed by activated carbon. This, typically, is a function of the carbon's affinity for a specific type oforganic or inorganic contaminant, such as ketones, apilhatics, and sulfur compounds.
Additionally, the adsorptive capacity and removal efficiency may be affected by:
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The concentration of the contaminant (s).
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Humidity o the air or gas stream.
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Temperature of the vapor laden air stream.
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Contact time between the activated carbon and vapor laden air.
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Particle size of activated carbon.
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Grade of activated carbon.
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Sufficient for Most applications.
Category |
Rating |
Adsorptive Capacity and Weight Capacity, % |
Average |
| 1 | High | 20 to 50% | 35 |
| 2 | Good | 10 to 20% | 16 |
| 3 | Moderate | Less than 15% | 8 |
| 4 | Low | Usually too low to be effective** |
**Impregnated carbon may be required if applicable. Some of the contaminants listed in the table are specific chemical compounds.
Some represents classes of compounds and others are mixtures and of variable
compositions. Activated charcoal capacity for odors varies somewhat with the
concentration in air with humidity and temperature. The number given represents
typical or average conditions and might vary in specific instances.
SUBSTANCE |
LEVEL |
SUBSTANCE |
LEVEL |
| Acetaldehyde Acetic Acid Acetic Anhydride Acetone Acetonitrile Acetylene * Acrolein Acrylic Acid Acrylonitrile Adhesives Air Wick Alcoholic Berverage Allyl Chloride Amines * Ammonia * Amyl Acetate |
3 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 |
Amyl Alcohol Amyl Ether Anesthetics Aniline Animal Odors Antiseptics Asphalt Fumes Automobile Fumes Bathroom Smells Benzene Bleaching Solutions * Body Odors Borane Bromine Burned Flesh Burned Food |
1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 |
SUBSTANCE |
LEVEL |
SUBSTANCE |
LEVEL |
| Burned Fat Butadiene Butane Butanone Butyl Acetate Butyl Alcohol Butyl Cellosolve Butyl Choride Butyl Ether Butylene * Butyne Butyraldehyde * Butyric Acid Camphor Cancer Odors Caprylic Acid Carbolic Acid Carbon Dioxide * Carbon Disulfide Carbon Monoxide Carbon Tetrachloride Cellosolve Cellosolve Acetate Charred Acetate Charred Materials Cheese Chlorine Chlorobenzene Chlorobutadiene Choroform Chloropiorin Choronitropropane Cigarette Smoke Odors Combustion Odors Cooking Odors Corrosote Creosote Cresol Crotonaldehyde Cyclohexane |
1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 |
Cyclohexanol Cyclohexanone Cyclohexene Dead Animals Decane Decaying Substances Detergents Dibromoethane Dichlorobenzene Dichlorodifluoromethane (Freon 12) Dichloroethane Dichloroethyl Ether Dichloroethylene Dichloromonofluoromethane (Freon 21) Dichloronitroethane Dichloropropane Dichlorotetrafluoroethane (Freon 114) Dicycloperitadiene Diesel Fumes Diethyl Ketone Diethylamine Dimethyl Aniline Dimethyl Sulfate Dimethyl Sulfide Dioxane Diproply Ketone Disinfectants Embalming Odors Epichlorhydrin Essential Oils Ethane Ether Ethyl Acetate Ethyl Acrylate Ethyl Alcohol Ethyl Amine Ethyl Benzene Ethyl Bromide Ethyl Chloride Ethyl Ether |
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 |
SUBSTANCE |
LEVEL |
SUBSTANCE |
LEVEL |
| Ethyl Formate Ethyl Mercaptan * Ethyl Oxide Ethyl Silicate Ethylene Ethylene Chlorhydrin Ethylene Dichloride Ethylene Oxide Eucalyptole Exhaust Fumes Fertilizer Film Processing Odors Floral Scents Flourotrichloromethane Food Aromas Formaldehyde * Formic Acid * Freon 11 Freon 113 Freon 12 Fuel Gases Fumes Gangrene Garlic Gasoline Heptane Heptylene Hexane Hexene Hexylene * Hexyne * Hospital Odors |
2 2 2 1 4 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 |
Industrial Waste Iodine Iodoform Irritants Isophorone Isoprene Isopropyl Acetate Isopropyl Alcohol Isopropyl Chloride Isopropyl Ether Kerosene Kitchen Odors Kryton Delgy Lactic Acid Liquid Fuel Liquor Odors Lubricating Oils and Greases Lysol Masking Agents Medicine Odors Melons Menthol Mercaptana ( large Chain) Mercury Vapors * Mesityl Oxide Methane Methycyclohexane Methycyclohexanol Methycyclohexanone Methyl Acetate Methyl Acrylate Methyl Alcohol |
2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 4 1 1 1 2 1 2 |
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