| Carbon air purifiers use activated carbon to trap | | | | purifier, the better it will perform. More carbon will |
| unwanted airborne odors and gases. Activated | | | | also last longer because of the large area of |
| carbon is a kind of charcoal that has been treated | | | | absorption that it has. The time it takes before an |
| with oxygen gas. The treatment allows millions of | | | | activated carbon filter is filled depends on the |
| small openings or pores between the carbon | | | | amount of pollutants that are on the air as well. If |
| atoms to open up. Such pores are the ones that | | | | there are a lot of pollutants in the air and the |
| absorb odors and harmful gases from the air. | | | | amount of carbon in your filter is not sufficient, |
| Because carbon granules have large surfaces, | | | | your filer will become useless in a matter of |
| filters that utilize carbon are very good at trapping | | | | weeks. |
| gases that go through the usual particle filter. If | | | | A good carbon air filter can give you good |
| you are using a carbon purifier, you should ensure | | | | absorption for eighteen to thirty six months. That |
| that the filter is replaced regularly since trapped | | | | is more than a year to three years without |
| contaminants eventually fill up the carbon pores, | | | | replacement. If you are going to choose from |
| rendering it ineffective. | | | | among the carbon air purifiers in the market, give |
| Not all carbon air purifiers are the same, though. | | | | special attention to the features of its filters. It |
| The activated carbon that is used on an air | | | | could be the difference between having good |
| cleaner can be saturated and enhanced. It can | | | | quality air for a long time and throwing your |
| also be blended to become a better absorbent. | | | | money for an ineffective product. |
| The more activated carbon there is to an air | | | | |