Technical Information Fritz Super Activated Carbon

Fritz Industries, Inc. Granulated Super Activated Carbon is an acid washed 4 x 8 mesh activated carbon produced from bituminous coal by a high temperature activation process under stringent quality control. Fritz uses a special, patented, high pressure steam activation process that produces superior pore space throughout each individual granule. The Super Activated Carbon is then washed in Hydrochloric Acid to reduce water and acid soluble compounds and improve purity. This treatment creates the porosity by leaving a carbon skeleton “sponge.” It has a large surface area (each ounce contains over 300,000 square feet of usable, adsorptive surface area), high mechanical hardness, high pore volume and chemical stability.

Fritz Industries, Inc. Super Activated Carbon is certified and exceeds purity levels set by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) / National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) Specification 61 for human drinking water. Our Super Activated Carbon exceeds EPA Arsenic standard for safe drinking water of 10ppb, rated at 3.6 ppb of Arsenic or less. Effectively removes phenols, chlorine, pesticides and herbicides that are toxic to fish. Do not use while treating disease or parasites, the Super Activated Carbon will remove many medications from the water, especially copper and formalin.

Granulated Carbon Specifications:

• Particle Size (U.S. standard Sieve) 4 x 8
• Carbon Tetrachloride Activity 60% minimum
• Iodine Number 1050mg/g minimum
• Hardness Number 95 minimum
• Moisture 5% maximum
• Apparent Density 0.47g/cc typical
• Acid Soluble Ash less than 1%
• pH 4-7
• Molasses Number 200-215
• Recommended Filtration Velocity 2 to 4 gpm/square foot
• Recommended Backwash Velocity 12 to 16gpm/square foot
• Pounds per cubic foot 27.5lbs/cu. foot