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Any way to dissolve bits of carbon/activated charcoal?
I've got a bunch of tiny grains of activated charcoal stuck in a fritted filter which severely hinders its use. Is there a good way to get this out?
I've tried forcing high pressure water through it with only mild success. I'm thinking maybe run a bunch of sulphuric acid through and hope it pulls
it out maybe? Is this viable or will it need a prolonged soak or something for that to be effective?
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BromicAcid
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Soak, check out Piranha Solution. Be careful to make sure it is throughly water rinsed beforehand, small amounts of easily oxidized organics could
lead to issues.
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Heat. Lots and lots of it.
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AJKOER
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Some claim the merits of WD40 which will apparently dissolve carbon to the point where you can wipe it off but not quickly!
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WGTR
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An ultrasonic cleaner, maybe? Dimethylformamide can exfoliate graphite under ultrasonics. Activated carbon would probably disentegrate with similar
treatment. I believe a 50-70% solution of ethanol in water will also work this way, but not near as well. The best solvent to use for ultrasonic
exfoliation would be N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone.
I don't make any guarantees that the glass frit will survive the ultrasonic treatment, however.
[Edited on 5-19-2016 by WGTR]
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