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Is activated charcoal an air purifier?
It's well known that activated charcoal is an adsorbent and due to very big surface area per unit of mass it can adsorb a lot of particles.
Let's take as an example for my question this product on ...
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Chemical bond of adsorbed atoms
When oxygen is adsorbed on iron metallic surface, does it create $\ce{Fe-O}$ bonds like the one in iron oxide? Can it be considered as a monolayer of iron oxide on the surface?
If not, how is the ...
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How does activated carbon bind the adsorbate?
I read some articles and journals about activated carbon and found a problem about how the adsorbate could bind to the activated carbon. Some said it is because of intramolecular forces (van der Waals)...
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Why is Charcoal such an excellent adsorbent?
Charcoal (also activated charcoal) is known to adsorb a huge variety of substances including a variety of paints, dyes and many different kinds of ions. Moreover, the amount of adsorption at normal ...
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