Practices Using Carbon In The Production Of Fine Chemicals

Carbon has been used in the pharmaceutical industry for many years to reduce impurities in production processes. These impurities are typically derived from chemical reactions producing colored by-products. Carbon is used to reduce chemical impurities as it has many structural characteristics that are suitable.

This 3M Purification Inc. Customer Application Brief describes a traditional process using bulk carbon compared to the same process using the Zeta Plus™ Activated Carbon filter cartridge system where the carbon is immobilized in an easy-to-use cartridge form.