Answer to Question #28565 in Organic Chemistry for mobolaji

Question

What is the procedure of using animal blood to make activated charcoal using potassium carbonate?

Answer 1

Activated charcoal adsorbs many poisonous chemicals, drugs, and toxins, such as opium, cocaine, morphine, nicotine, salicylates, strychnine, kerosene, barbiturates, and antidepressant pills, to name but a few. It helps to purify the blood. Strong alkaline and acid poisons need to be treated with solutions with the opposite pH. In our task it is K₂CO₃ as an activating agent. It is of little or no value in lye and caustic alkalis, alcohol, mineral acids, iron, and cyanides; in fact, cyanide actually interferes with the normal adsorptive properties of charcoal.