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Prominent Tips on How to Choose your Activated Carbon Filter to Sustain a Healthy Life

Activated Carbon is a processed form made out of carbon molecules from materials like coconut or peat, which is activated by heating it to high temperatures inside a special kiln. This causes it to develop an extremely elaborate network of pores and thus, dramatically increases its surface area.

Activated carbon block or cartridge filters are made by mixing carbon and special chemical binders and compressing them at high pressure. Depending upon the type and quality of the filter you use, the blocks can filter out chlorine, taste, odor, sediment, turbidity, iron, lead, bacteria, and many other contaminants from water.

Here, Yedao Technology Co ltd presents the necessary five tips on selecting the best-activated carbon filter for a better and healthy life.

Source of the activated carbon must be coconut

The main reason being the coconut-based activated carbon that mainly has micro-pores which are about the same size as the contaminant molecules in water. Thus, it is very effective in trapping contaminants.

As far as coal and wood-based activated carbon is concerned, the pore size is much bigger and doesn't perform as effectively when it comes to water purification. Another factor to take into consideration is ash content, says a staff member of Yedao. The ash content can be between 10 - 15 % in coal and wood-based activated carbon while in coconut filters, it will be between 3 - 5 %. This means coconut-based filters are much healthier.

Check the block externally

You must look for excessive carbon dust outside the filter. Good quality filters do not release dust excessively; though, a little bit of carbon dust is normal.

Understand the performance metrics of the block

There are just two performance metrics you need to understand: Capacity (longevity) and Chlorine Reduction % if you are buying a standard CTO (chlorine, taste, and odor) block which is the most common type of activated carbon cartridge. This data is usually represented in a graph, reveals the staff of Yedao, it tells you how long (in liters or gallons) the block will keep removing chlorine, or any other contaminant at an acceptable rate.

Ask for the iodine value of the block

The iodine value (IV) is what the manufacturers use to express the adsorption performance of the activated carbon. The higher the iodine value, the better your block will perform. Moreover, the high-performance carbon blocks have an iodine value of more than 1000.

Check for quality certification

The market is flooded with blocks of substandard quality and performance that might look physically appealing on the outside but might not deliver on performance and longevity, says a member of Yedao Technology Co Ltd.

One way to make sure is to look for reputed quality certifications like NSF, ANSI, and WQA. These certifications are issued after regular quality inspections and elaborate product testing and are often a reliable way to separate quality products from the rest.