Why use activated carbon filter purifying water

Activated carbon filter has significant taste, deodorant and chlorine removal ability, water treatment plants using chlorine and chloramine to deal with water, can produce carcinogenic by-products of chloramine, the disinfectant to retain in your drinking water, has a chemical taste and carbon, it can remove the organic compounds in the water, make your water taste or smell bad. Activated carbon filter through adsorption removal of the contaminants, a sponge particles adsorption to the water, the adsorption function is like a piece of Velcro is attached on the surface, because of the water and pollutant is a compound, attract each other, so organic compounds will adhere to the surface of activated carbon. Activated carbon is porous, specific surface area is big, can effectively reduce the peculiar smell in the water, odor, such as particles, these pores is a unit of measurement with micron, micron is smaller, the better the filtering effect, the lower the flow rate, low pollutants have more time to stay on the carbon. Carbon activated by heat or steam activation process opens the carbon filter hole, increases the surface area, carbon has a greater capacity to accommodate contaminant, therefore, granular activated carbon filtration effect is remarkable.