What is the application of activated carbon filter cotton in gas masks?

With the continuous improvement of industrialization and the rapid development of the chemical industry, various hazards are increasing day by day. These hazards not only pollute the environment, but also affect human health. So, a lightweight gas mask using fruit shell activated carbon as an adsorbent was born. Although invisible, it can save people in critical moments of danger.

Next, our activated carbon manufacturer will explain to you the application of activated carbon filter cotton in gas masks.

As a defensive protective equipment, gas masks have been widely used in military for decades and are also an indispensable tool for our scientific experiments working in dangerous environments.

Our common gas masks are mainly composed of rubber masks, breathing tubes, and cans. There are glasses on the mask and two channels in the hose. One inhalation tube is controlled by an intake valve, which can only inhale and not exhale, while the other exhalation tube is the opposite, controlled by an exhaust valve, which can only supply air and not inhale. There are activated carbon layers, chemical absorption layers, and filtration layers inside the tank. Activated carbon is commonly used as a shell to adsorb toxic gases, neutralize toxic gases in the chemical layer, and remove dust from the air in the filter layer with multiple layers of gauze.

Many people may wonder why activated carbon filter cotton can be used to make gas masks. It's actually quite simple. As is well known, activated carbon filter cotton has a huge specific surface area and strong adsorption capacity. Therefore, using activated carbon filter cotton in gas masks can effectively block harmful gases such as benzene, ammonia, formaldehyde, odors, and foul odors in the air, protecting human health. Compared with ordinary gas masks, it has stronger adsorption and 30 times the filtering effect on harmful gases and liquids. Generally speaking, the gas mask used in the activated carbon filter cotton filter room needs to be worn in a non oxygen deficient environment, which can effectively filter out some toxic gases, radioactive particles, bacteria, and viruses, allowing the wearer to breathe more fresh air.

In fact, activated carbon filter cotton gas masks are not particularly high-end, and can be divided into industrial or military types according to different users; Due to the different types of antiviral agents, they can be classified into anti hydrogen sulfide, organic gas, osmium chloride, cyanide chloride, and other types. The activated carbon used varies depending on the protected object, so it is not just the shell activated carbon used in gas masks, such as military activated carbon and impregnated activated carbon.

The average mercury content in Chinese coal is above 0.15 milligrams per kilogram. Experts say that although the concentration of mercury in flue gas is relatively low, thermal power plants use a large amount of coal, so the total amount of mercury emissions is huge and cannot be ignored. Due to the serious harm caused by the emission of heavy metal mercury to the environment, mercury in the environment can be converted into organic components such as methylmercury through microbial action, which can be enriched by organisms and enter the human body through the food chain for harm. Therefore, utilizing the adsorption performance of activated carbon filter cotton to remove mercury from exhaust gas is a good choice and has been widely used.