Tag: Raw materials

A carbonaceous substance can be used as the raw material for activated carbon.

Materials for activated carbon in use worldwide are as follows:

Powdered activated carbon	Sawdust Hard wood chips wood charcoal (carbon from sawdust) Grass ash (peat) etc…
Granulated activated carbon	Charcoal Coconut shell charcoal Coal (lignite, brown coal, bituminous coal, anthracite coal, etc.) Oil carbon Phenolic resin etc…
Fibrous activated carbon	Rayon Acrylonitril Coal tar pitch Petroleum pitch Phenolic resin, etc. etc…

Coconut shell

Powdered activated carbon Raw Materials