ASTM's carbon standards are instrumental in evaluating and testing activated carbon used primarily in industrial applications. The activated carbons can be in the solid, granular, palletized, or impregnated forms. These carbon standards are helpful in the determination of the various physical and chemical properties of activated carbon including reaction pH, particle size, absorption, and contents and activities of certain chemical substances. The said properties can be assessed by aqueous phase isotherm technique, air jet sieving, micro-isotherm technique, ashing, and rapid small-scale column tests. These standards allow laboratories and other chemical facilities to examine and assess activated carbons to ensure their safe use and application.

Carbon Standards

ASTM's carbon standards are instrumental in evaluating and testing activated carbon used primarily in industrial applications. The activated carbons can be in the solid, granular, palletized, or impregnated forms. These carbon standards are helpful in the determination of the various physical and chemical properties of activated carbon including reaction pH, particle size, absorption, and contents and activities of certain chemical substances. The said properties can be assessed by aqueous phase isotherm technique, air jet sieving, micro-isotherm technique, ashing, and rapid small-scale column tests. These standards allow laboratories and other chemical facilities to examine and assess activated carbons to ensure their safe use and application.

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Gas Phase Evaluation Tests

D5832-98(2021) Standard Test Method for Volatile Matter Content of Activated Carbon Samples

D5159-21 Standard Guide for Dusting Attrition of Granular Activated Carbon

D7385-21 Standard Guide for Estimating Carbon Saturation by Temperature Rise Upon Immersion

D2866-11(2018) Standard Test Method for Total Ash Content of Activated Carbon

D2854-09(2019) Standard Test Method for Apparent Density of Activated Carbon

D3467-04(2020) Standard Test Method for Carbon Tetrachloride Activity of Activated Carbon

D5160-95(2019) Standard Guide for Gas-Phase Adsorption Testing of Activated Carbon

D4069-95(2020) Standard Specification for Impregnated Activated Carbon Used to Remove Gaseous Radio-Iodines from Gas Streams

D2862-16(2022) Standard Test Method for Particle Size Distribution of Granular Activated Carbon

D3803-91(2022) Standard Test Method for Nuclear-Grade Activated Carbon

D6646-03(2022) Standard Test Method for Determination of the Accelerated Hydrogen Sulfide Breakthrough Capacity of Granular and Pelletized Activated Carbon

D2867-23 Standard Test Methods for Moisture in Activated Carbon

D3802-23 Standard Test Method for Ball-Pan Hardness of Activated Carbon

D3466-06(2023) Standard Test Method for Ignition Temperature of Granular Activated Carbon

D5228-16(2023) Standard Test Method for Determination of Butane Working Capacity of Activated Carbon

D5742-16(2023) Standard Test Method for Determination of Butane Activity of Activated Carbon

Liquid Phase Evaluation

D6586-03(2021) Standard Practice for the Prediction of Contaminant Adsorption on GAC in Aqueous Systems Using Rapid Small-Scale Column Tests

D4607-14(2021) Standard Test Method for Determination of Iodine Number of Activated Carbon

D6781-02(2021) Standard Guide for Carbon Reactivation

D6647-18 Standard Test Method for Determination of Acid Soluble Iron via Atomic Absorption

D6851-20 Standard Test Method for Determination of Contact pH with Activated Carbon

D3860-98(2020) Standard Practice for Determination of Adsorptive Capacity of Activated Carbon by Aqueous Phase Isotherm Technique

D5029-98(2020) Standard Test Method for Water Solubles in Activated Carbon

D5919-96(2022) Standard Practice for Determination of Adsorptive Capacity of Activated Carbon by a Micro-Isotherm Technique for Adsorbates at ppb Concentrations

D6385-22 Standard Test Method for Determining Acid-Extractable Content in Activated Carbon by Ashing

D5158-23 Standard Test Method for Determination of Particle Size of Fine Mesh and Powdered Activated Carbon by Air-Jet Sieving

D8176-18(2023) Standard Test Method for Mechanically Tapped Density of Activated Carbon (Powdered and Fine Mesh)

D3838-23 Standard Test Method for pH of Activated Carbon

Nomenclature and Editorial

D2652-22 Standard Terminology Relating to Activated Carbon