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  • Does Carbon Pull Out *****?

    Looking to see who Fritz Pet was and who owned them... I came across this list and it rates carbons ability to remove certain elements (I'm sure it's not meant for SW but interesting non the less).
    It came from...
    http://www.fritzspecialty.com/wastew...rbon/index.htm

    Removal Capacities of Fritz High Quality Carbon

    0 - Not an application for Fritz Carbon
    1 - POOR, not a recommended use
    2 - FAIR, limited application
    3 - GOOD, very acceptable results
    4 - VERY GOOD, a proven application
    5 - EXCELLENT, a proven application

    ACERALDEHYDE 4
    ACETIC ACID 3
    ACERONE 4
    ALCOHOLS 4
    ALKALINITY 1
    AMINES 3
    AMMONIA 1
    AMYL ACETATE 5
    AMYL ALCOHOL 5
    ANTIFREEZE 4
    ARSENIC 1
    BENZENE 5
    BLEACH 5
    BORON 1
    BUTYL ALCOHOL 5
    BUTYL ACETATE 5
    CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE 5
    CARBON DIOXIDE 0
    CHLORAL 5
    CHLORAMINE 4
    CHLOROFORM 5
    CHLORINE 5
    CHLOROBENZENE 5
    CHLOROPHENOL 5
    CHLOROPHYLL 4
    CITRIC ACID 4
    CRESOL 5
    DIFOLIANTS 5
    DETERGENTS 3
    DIESEL FUEL 5
    DYES 5
    EMULSIONS 2
    ETHYL ACETATE 5
    ETHYL ACRYLATE 5
    ETHYL ALCOHOL 4
    ETHYL AMINE 4
    ETHYL CHLORIDE 4
    ETHYL CHLORIDE 4
    ETHYL ETHER 1
    FERTILIZERS 2
    FLOURIDES 2
    FORMALDEHYDE 2
    GASOLINE 5
    GLYCOLS 5
    HARDNESS 0
    HERBICIDES 3
    HYDROGEN BROMIDE 5
    HYDROGEN CHLORIDE 2
    HYDROGEN FLORIDE 1
    HYDROGEN IODIDE 2
    HYDROGEN PEROXIDE 5
    HYDROGEN SELENIDE 3
    HYDROGEN SULFIDE 3
    HYPOCHLOROUS ACID 5
    INORGANIC ACIDS 1
    INORGANIC CHEMICALS 1
    INSECTICIDES 5
    IODINE 5
    ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL 5
    KETONES 5
    LACTIC ACID 4
    LEAD 3
    LIME 0
    MERCAPTAINS 4
    METAL SALTS 1
    METHYL ACETATE 4
    METHYL ALCOHOL 4
    METHYL BROMIDE 5
    METHYL CHLORIDE 4
    METHYL ETHYL KETONE 5
    NAPHTHA 5
    NITRATES 0
    NITRIC ACID 3
    NITROBENSENE 5
    NITROTOLUENE 5
    ODORS (GENERAL) 5
    OIL-DISSOLVED 5
    OIL-SUSPENDED 2
    ORGANIC ACIDS 4
    ORGANIC ESTERS 5
    ORGANIC SALTS 4
    OXALIC ACID 5
    OXYGEN 5
    OZONE 4
    PCBs 5
    PESTICIDES 5
    PHENOL 5
    PHOSPHATES 0
    PLASTIC TASTE 5
    PLATING WASTES 3
    POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE 4
    PRECIPITATED IRON 2
    PRECIPITATED SULPHUR 2
    PROPIOIC ACID 4
    PROPIONALDEHYDE 3
    PROPYL ACETATE 4
    PROPYL ALCOHOL 4
    PROPYL CHLORIDE 4
    RACON 4
    RUBBER HOSE TASTE 5
    SEA WATER 1
    SEDIMENT 2
    SOAP 3
    SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE 5
    SOLUBLE IRON 2
    SOLVENTS 4
    SULFURIC ACID 1
    SUPHONATED OILS 4
    SUSPENDED MATTER 2
    TANNINS 4
    TAR EMULSIONS 4
    TARTARIC ACIDS 4
    TASTE (DI WATER) 4
    TASTE (FROM ORGANICS) 4
    THM'S 5
    TOLUENE 5
    TOLUIDINE 5
    TRICHLORETHYLENE 5
    TURPENTINE 5
    URINE 2
    VINEGAR 3
    XANTHOPHYLL 4
    XYLENE 5

    SteveU
    “People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they're exactly like the old ones.”
    ...Charles F. Kettering

  • #2
    carbon is good stuff

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    • #3
      Few good links about activated carbon-
      http://www.hallman.org/filter/gac.html

      http://www.pets-warehouse.com/carbon.htm

      http://web.archive.org/web/200009180.../1/default.asp

      http://web.archive.org/web/200012111...ct/default.asp

      AC is IMO one of the best filtration media .

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