Hi.
Place carbon on a cookie sheet an dry, then place in a 350*-400* oven for 1-1.5hrs stirring once. This will reactivative the carbon, BUT, it's capacity will be degraded by about 20% and will degrade this way with every recharge. To fully recharge the carbon would take very high temps to vaporize the heavy metals and an absence of oxygen so that the carbon doesn't burn up. Not really worth it considering you have to do something with the heavy metal vapors
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So if your using alot of carbon for in your specific situation, you could recharge it once and supplement this with 20% new carbon, then discard (recycle, but remember that if your putting it with edible plants it will leach out all the garbage and metals that it absorbed) all and start over.
Any specific reason your using carbon...odors, chemical removal, instructions said to?
Dr Joe
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Place carbon on a cookie sheet an dry, then place in a 350*-400* oven for 1-1.5hrs stirring once. This will reactivative the carbon, BUT, it's capacity will be degraded by about 20% and will degrade this way with every recharge. To fully recharge the carbon would take very high temps to vaporize the heavy metals and an absence of oxygen so that the carbon doesn't burn up. Not really worth it considering you have to do something with the heavy metal vapors
.So if your using alot of carbon for in your specific situation, you could recharge it once and supplement this with 20% new carbon, then discard (recycle, but remember that if your putting it with edible plants it will leach out all the garbage and metals that it absorbed) all and start over.
Any specific reason your using carbon...odors, chemical removal, instructions said to?
Dr Joe
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I may try baking a large amount of carbon in the near future like u said i will let u know how it goes but it wont be for the aquarium it will be for the air scrubber it is large and uses alot of carbon.
