Activated carbons for removing metals prepared from a rapidly growing plant

摘要

Activated carbon (AC) filtrationis used in many consumer water purification filters to remove organic chemicals and chlorine.When it comes to removing metals however,filters tend to removing metals however,filters tend to rely on ion exchange resins.At the industrial level,the use of AC is expanding to meet increased enforcement of environmentla air and water regulations with the demand in the US for the previos year forecasted to exceed 400 million pounds.