We do not use heat to reactivate them but rather replace them at around 200 - 1000 hours of use depending on the canister type and construction.
Wise choice.
I can tell you this, the ability of charcoal to removegasses andvapor particles from the surrounding atmosphere is well scientifically provenand not to mention absolutely necessary in the world of deep sea diving and space exploration.
Read the wholethread. This has not been a disputed point.
The way charcoal is cleansed of human scent molocules by moderate heat such as a household dryeris basedoff the combonation of several basic physics laws.
It's not the process that's in doubt just the amount of heat that's needed to do it.
It may not remove or dislodge all of the scent molocules but it will remove a vast majority of them as they are only attached to the surface irregularities of the charcoal not actually absorbed by them.
The forces involved with absorbtion are actually much weaker than the forces involved with adsorbtion. Yet in the statement above you seem to be suggesting exactly the opposite. It's not where the bond occurs that matters but the type of bond.
If low tempslike those generated in a household dryer will cause 80 to 90 percent regeneration of activated carbon then let me ask you this: Why do you have to dispose of items like Brita water filters or household carbon air filters when they become saturated? Why not just pop them in the dryer or hell even better the microwave oven and make those babies as good as new? Give it a try with one of those items sometime and you'll find out why. Cause it won't work folks. Sorry!
It was not that long ago that people believed that the world was flat.
Yeah and the people who believed that werepeople who based their beliefs not on scientific evidence but instead onfairytales about seamen who sailed off the edge of the world. The men who disproved them were the people that set out seeking real proof.
In an interesting side note the man who first proved the Earth was round was a man called Eratosthenes in the year 226 BC. In fact using only sticks and the shadow angles of the sun henot only boldly stated that Earth had to be round but also calculated the circumferance of the earth and was only off by a fairly small margin. (He was off a little because the Earth is not perfectly round. A fact thata man of his time could not have possibly known) Interesting story. Do a google searchsometime and read about.