Activated carbons are created from wood, coal or coconut shells that have been ground up and activated by heating at a controlled temperature and pressure to promote the active sites where pollutants can be adsorbed.

Adsorption is the physical process where certain water pollutants are attracted to the surfaces of the carbon rather than to the water. The pollutants are locked into the carbon and are removed from the water. Activated carbons are also able to filter out sediment through mechanical filtration by trapping particles in the spaces between the carbon granules.

Activated carbon has been used for hundreds of years to treat taste, odor and color problems. Major water utilities and water treatment manufacturers have found activated carbon to be an excellent media to produce better tasting water and remove harmful water contaminants at a reasonable cost.

CBC-Style Carbon Block Filter Information

The CBC-Style Carbon Cartridges are designed for highly effective filtration of water for certain VOC's, Chlorine, taste, odor, and sediment reduction down to 0.5 micron. Manufactured entirely from FDA-compliant materials, these cartridges are suitable for potable water filtration, as well as many industrial, commercial, and food service applications.

The CBC-Style Cartridges have a nominal 0.5 micron sediment filtration rating making them excellent polishing filters or prefilters in applications which require fine filtration. These cartridges are also effective at filtering Giardia and Cryptosporidium cysts from potable drinking water.

Specifications and Performance Data

Maximum Dimensions: 2.87" x 9.75
Micron Rating (1): 0.5 um
Initial P (psid): 1.3 psid @ 1 GPM
Flow Rate (GPM): (73 mm x 248 mm)
Chlorine Reduction (2): Greater than 20,000 Gal.
@ Flow Rate (GPM): @ 1 GPM

1 - Micron ratings based on 85% or greater removal of given particle size. Data obtained from actual particle counts using AC Fine Test Dust and Latex spheres. CBC-style cartridges capable of reducing 99.9% of Cryptosporidium and Giardia cysts.

2 - Estimated capacity using 2 p.p.m. free available chlorine (FAC) at continuous flow with greater than 90% reduction.

Materials of Construction

FILTER MEDIA: Bonded PAC
END CAPS: Polypropylene
INNER/OUTER WRAPS: Polypropylene
NETTING: Polypropylene
GASKETS: Buna-N
TEMPERATURE RATING: 40" F to 180" F (5" C to 83" C)
NOTE: The recommended maximum water temperature for VOC and Pesticide reduction is 85 F.

Reducing VOC's and Pesticides

The CBC-Style Cartridges will also Reduce the Following VOC's and Pesticides for Certain System Applications**:

VOC's

• TCE (trichlorethylene)
• tetrachloroethylene
• THM's (Trihalomethanes)
• toluene
• chloroform (surrogate)
• trans-1,2-dichloroethylene
• bromodicholoromethane
• 1,1 ,2,2-tetrachloroethane
• chlorodibromomethane
• 1,2-dichlorobenzene
• bromoform
• 1,P-dichloropropane
• benzene
• l,l-dichloroethane
• 1,1 -dichloroethylene
• 1,1,1 -trichloroethane
• 1,2-dichioroethane
• cis-1,3-dich loropropene
• chlorobenzene
• ethyibenzene
• ortho-xylene

PESTICIDES

• ethylene dibromide (EDB)
• dibromochloropropane

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