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==Description==
 
==Description==
 
Black powder or granules packed in drums, bags or cartons, both plastic and paper.  
 
Black powder or granules packed in drums, bags or cartons, both plastic and paper.  
 
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Used for the purification of gases or clarification of gases or clarification of liquids, water and oil. Liable to heat slowly and ignite spontaneously in air. Damage may render this commodity unfit for use with edible liquids, but may be fit for clarification of non-edible products. The advice of an analytical chemist should be obtained as to alternative uses.  
 
Used for the purification of gases or clarification of gases or clarification of liquids, water and oil. Liable to heat slowly and ignite spontaneously in air. Damage may render this commodity unfit for use with edible liquids, but may be fit for clarification of non-edible products. The advice of an analytical chemist should be obtained as to alternative uses.  
 
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Hazard: Where carbon is not made by the steam activation process, it is subject to the provisions of the IMDG Code and should carry spontaneously combustible label, class 4.2.
 
Hazard: Where carbon is not made by the steam activation process, it is subject to the provisions of the IMDG Code and should carry spontaneously combustible label, class 4.2.
 
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<b>Full information on this product is in the process of completion.</b>
  
 
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Revision as of 23:02, 14 March 2012

Infobox on Activated Carbon
Example of Activated Carbon
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Facts
Origin
Density (in t/m3)
Temperature (in oC)
Humidity / moisture
Ventilation
Self-heating / spontaneous combustion
Risk factors

Activated Carbon

Description

Black powder or granules packed in drums, bags or cartons, both plastic and paper.

Used for the purification of gases or clarification of gases or clarification of liquids, water and oil. Liable to heat slowly and ignite spontaneously in air. Damage may render this commodity unfit for use with edible liquids, but may be fit for clarification of non-edible products. The advice of an analytical chemist should be obtained as to alternative uses.

Hazard: Where carbon is not made by the steam activation process, it is subject to the provisions of the IMDG Code and should carry spontaneously combustible label, class 4.2.

Full information on this product is in the process of completion.