Applications

Activated Carbon for Cigarette Filters

We are leading suppliers in this market, offering high purity coconut shell carbons which fully meet food safety standards. They have proven performance in the reduction of key Hoffmann analytes in the smoke, and being hard, attrition resistant and dust free, offer easy processing capability. Development continues in this important application.

The use of activated carbon in Cigarette filters is growing in several markets around the world. Activated carbon can perform a useful role in taste modification and in reduction of some harmful contaminants when it is combined into the filter, usually in the form of small granules.