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Definition Of Activated Carbon:

Type of carbonaceous material used in automobile catalytic converters and waste treatment processes to remove toxic substances, dissolved organic matter, and odors.
It is extremely porous: one gram of activated carbon has a surface area of 1,000 square meters, which is ten million times the surface area of one gram of water. See also molecular sieve.

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