Indo Activated Carbon / Where activated carbon is used
Where activated carbon is used
The end use sets the grade, and the grade sets what the feedstock must deliver. These notes are context for buyers, not a list of what Kora sells.
Main uses
- Gold recovery
- Carbon captures dissolved gold in tanks and columns. Buyers define mesh, hardness, attrition, ash, iodine number, adsorption rate and moisture.
- Drinking and waste water
- Producers list media aimed at taste, odour and PFAS. Standards such as AWWA B604 and EN 12915 are named for drinking water.
- Air and gas
- Impregnated grades are sold for mercury, odours and biogas clean-up.
- Food, drink and pharma decolorizing
- Used to remove colour and unwanted compounds from liquids. Each buyer’s own rules apply.
- Energy storage
- Producers mention supercapacitor and battery-anode uses, an area still developing.
Verified · Use categories as listed on two producer sites read 2026-10-20. Buyer requirements are summaries, not specifications.
Why this matters for feedstock
A maker choosing shell charcoal wants to know which of these markets it serves. Gold circuits lean on hardness; liquid-phase uses lean on ash. The same charcoal may suit one route and not another, which is why the questions on the feedstock page ask about end use.