History, Method of Production, Structure and Applications of Activated Carbon

Abstract

The process of adsorption is one of the physical method for separation of dissolved pollutants from the effluent. Activated carbon is the good adsorbent that can be used in both liquid and gaseous phase adsorption also used as catalyst or catalyst support. Adsorbent materials are porous and adsorption takes place on the inside walls of pore particles. From last few years, use of activated carbon has increased greatly. This review article purpose is to give the knowledge of how activated carbon uses came from historic days and also then how it is improving day by day. With this it gives the idea of production of activated carbon by different methods. The methods include physical activation and chemical activation. Adsorption capacity of activated carbon mainly depends on the structure of activated carbon.