Activated Charcoal

 

Wood charcoal is the most traditional form of charcoal. It is made by heating wood in low oxygen so that the wood does not burn completely but turns into carbon-rich material. This process is called pyrolysis. 

 

 

 

Wood → heated without air → water + gases removed → charcoal remains

This process is called  Pyrolysis

During pyrolysis:

• Water evaporates
• Volatile gases leave
• Carbon remains → charcoal 

 

 

 

France Leads The Way To Activated Charcoal 

 

 

 

The first reported use of charcoal as an antidote occurred in 1811, when the French chemist Michel Bertrand reportedly ingested charcoal with 5 g of arsenic trioxide. 

 

In 1852, Touéry showed no ill effects after consuming a large dose of strychnine with charcoal before sceptical colleagues of the French Academy of Medicine  

 

 

 

 Theory To Practice

 

Universal Antidote  

 

 

 

 

 

Current Events

 

World Wood Day 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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