Activated Carbon / absorbption media index

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The following list shows substances where excellent removal is obtained using Activated Carbon and Other adsorption media.


Acetic acid
Acetic anhydrite
Acrylic acid
Acrylonitrile
Adhesives
Alcohol
Alcoholic beverages
Ally chloride
Amyl acetate
Amyl alcohol
Amyl ether
Aniline
Antiseptics
Asphalt fumes

Bathroom smells
Benzaldehyde
Benezene
Body odours
Bromine
Burned flesh
Burned food
Butanone
Butyl acetate
Butyl alcohol
Butyl cellosolve
Butyl chloride
Butyl ether
Butylaldehyde
Butyric acid

Camphor
Cancer odour
Coproaldehyde
Caprylic acid
Carbolic acid
Carbon disulphide
Carbon tetrachloride
Cellosolve
Cellosolve acetate
Charred materials
Cheese
Chlorobenzene
Clorobutadiene
Chloroform
Chloronitropropane
Cloroapicrin
Cigarette smoke
Citrus and other fruit
Cleaning compound

Cooking odours
Creosote
Cresol
Crotonoldehyde
Cyclohexanane
Cyclohexanol
Cyclohexanone
Cyclohexene

Dead animals
Decane
Decaying substances
Decomposition odours
Decorating odours
Deodorants
Detergents
Dibromoethane
Dichlorobenzene
Dichlorosflouromethane
Dichloroethylene
Dichloroethyl ether
Dichloronitroethane
Dichloropropane
Dicyclopentadiem
Diethyl ketone
Dimethysulphate
Dioxane
Dipropyl ketone
Disinfectant

Embalming odours
Epichlorhydrin
Essential oils
Ethyl acrylate
Ethyl benzene
Ethyl bromide
Ethyl mercaptan
Ethyl silicate
Ethylene chlorhydrin
Ethylene dichloride
Euclyptole

Female odours
Fertilisers
Fish odours
Floral scents
Food aromas
Freon 11
Freon 12
Freon 113

Gangrene
Garlic
Gasolene

Heptane
Heptylene
Hospital odours
Household smells

Incense
Indole
Iodine
Iodoform
Irritants
Isophorone
Isopropyl acetate
Isopropyl chloride
Isopropyl ether

Kerosene
Kitchen odours
Krypton delay

Lactic acid
Leather
Lingering odours
Liquid fuels
Liquor odours
Lubricants
Lysol

Masking agents
Medicinal odours
Melons
Menthol
Mercaptans
Mesityl oxide
Methy butyl ketone
Methyl cellosolve acetate
Methyl cellosolve
Methyl chloroform
Methyl methacrylate ester
Methyl ethyl ketone
Methyl mercaptan
Methylcyclohexane
Methylcyclohexanol
Methyl glycol
Methylcyclohexanone
Methylene chloride

Mixed odours
Monochlorobenzene
Monofluro-trichloremethane
Moth balls

Naptha (coal tar)
Naptha (petroleum)
Napthalene
Nicotine
Nitro benzenes
Nitroethane
Nitroglycerine
Nitromethane
Nitropropane
Nonane

Octalene
Octane
Octene
Odours
Odorants
Onions
Organic chemicals
Ozone

Packing house odours
Paint odours
Palmitic acid
Paper deteriorations
Paradichlorbenzene
Paste and glue
Pentanone
Perchloroethylene
Perfumes,cosmetics
Perspiration
Pesticides
Pet odours
Phenol
Pitch
Plastics
Poultry odours
Propionic acid
Propyl acetate
Propyl alcohol
Propyl chloride
Propyl ether
Propyl mercaptan
Putrescine
Pyridine
Rancid odours

Resins
Reodorants
Ripening fruits
Rubber

Sauerkraut
Sewer odours
Skatole
Smog
Smoke
Soaps
Sour milk
Spilled beverages
Spoiled foodstuffs
Stale odours
Stoddard solvent
Stuffiness
Styrene monomer
Sulphur compounds

Tar
Tetrachloroethane
Tetrachloroethylene
Theatrical makeup odours
Thiophene
Tobacco smoke
Toilet odours
Toluene
Toluene di isocyante
Toluidine
Trichloroethylene
Trichloroethane
Turpentine

Urea
Uric acid

Valeric acid
Valericaldehyde
Vinyl acetate
Vinyl chloride mononer
Vapours
Varnish fumes
Vinigar

Waste Products

Xylene
Xenon delay


The following substances have good collection results with either standard activated carbon, Impregnated activated carbon or alternative adsorption media.


Acentonitrile
Acetaldehyde
Acetone
Acetylene
Acids
Acrolein
Amines
Ammonia
Animal odours
Anaesthetics

Bacteria
Bleaching solutions
Butadiene
Butane
Butylene
Butyraldehyde

Carbon dioxide
Chlorine
Coal smoke
Combustion odours
Corrosive gases

Dichlorodiflouromethane
Dichloromonoflouromethane
Dichlorotetraflourethane
Diesel fumes
Diethyl amine
Dimethyl sulphide

Ethyl bromide
Ethyl chloride
Ethyl ether
Ethyle formate
Ethylene oxide
Exhaust fumes

Film processing odours
Flourotrichloromethane
Formaldehyde
Formic acid

Hexane
Hexene
Hexyne
Hydrogen sulphide
Hydrogen selenide
Hydrogen bromide
Hydrogen chloride
Hydrogen flouride
Hydrogen iodine

Incomplete combustion
Industrial waste
Isoprene

Methyl alcohol
Methyl acetate
Methyl bromide
Methyl ether
Methyl formate
Mildew
Mould

Nitric acid
Nitrogen dioxide
Noxious gases

Pentane
Phosgene
Poison gas
Pollen
Propionaldehyde
Putrifying matters

Radio active iodine

Sulphuric acid
Sulphur dioxide
Sulphur trioxide
Slaughtering odours
Sewer odours

Vinyl chloride
Viruses
Volatile organic compounds

Wood alcohol

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