Re: Recycling activated charcoal

[Wright Huntley <jwwiii at pacbell_net>]

It might be uniformly deposited throughout the house in the form of 
soot. :-) You need a *reducing* atmosphere or the charcoal burns (oxidizes).

I repeat. Do a Google o/e search on activated charcoal and see.

Wright

killiman wrote:
> Wright what would happen if you put the carbon in and ran the Oven Clean
> cycle?
> 
> D.B.N.B ( reply by private e-mail for translation)
> Gotta go pick eggs so there will be plenty when you come visit.
> as the water changes automatically.
> 
> killiman at iquest_net
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> Al Anderson
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> From: "Wright Huntley" <jwwiii at pacbell_net>
> To: <killietalk at aka_org>
> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 1:06 PM
> Subject: Re: Recycling activated charcoal
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> 
> 
>>Hi Erik,
>>
>>I'm sure you mean charcoal (heat-reduced wood), which is quite different
>>from coal, the carbonaceous mineral.
>>
>>There is no practical way to reactivate it at home. It needs treatment
>>at very high temperature in a reducing atmosphere, as I recall, to
>>remove the adsorbed materials and "activate" it again. There are
>>actually different kinds of "activation" for different applications, I
>>think.
>>
>>Carbon filters that will do much to tap water have powdered carbon
>>pressed into a cartridge that would be even more difficult to
>>restructure. Loose granules, like sold in the lfs, are quite worthless
>>for serious filtering.
>>
>>You can check me by doing a web search for "activated charcoal."
>>
>>Wright
>>
>>PS. I buy cartridges from industrial surplus places. Much cheaper than
>>at Home Depot or such hardware stores.
>>
>>Erik Pfingstner wrote:
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>I have bad tap water and need to filter it before use. Activated coal is
>>>rather expensive here in Germany. I once heard that activated coal can
>>
> be
> 
>>>recycled. Does someone know how?
>>>
>>>Erik
>>>
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