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Abstract
The activated carbon is a microporous sorbent with a very large adsorption area that can reach in
some cases even 1500sqm / gram. Activated carbon is produced from any organic material with high carbon
content: coal, wood, peat or moor coal, coconut shells. The granular activated charcoal is most commonly
produced by grinding the raw material, adding a suitable binder to provide the desired hardness and shape.
Enabling coal is a complete process through which the raw material is fully exposed to temperatures between
600-900 degrees C, in the absence of oxygen, usually in a domestic atmosphere as gases such as nitrogen or
argon; as material that results from this process is exposed in an atmosphere of oxygen and steam at a
temperature in the interval from 600 - 1200 degrees C.