Charcoal

NHK TV had a program on June 7, 1999 from Kyoto University. The wood quality science Lab's Professor Mr. Imamura said that wood charcoal was made by burning it at 200 degrees C or so degrees (491 F). By it’s nature, charcoal absorbs Lead. Charcoal has many micro cells which are empty, and these cells absorb Lead. Charcoal produced at a higher temperature, 600-1200 C degrees (1339-2611 F) have even more empty cells. This absorbs Mercury as well. The higher the temperature, the greater number of empty micro cells produced.

Charcoal prepared at 1000 C (2187 F) degrees are 95% Carbon, which by its nature is a fire retardant. Fire retarding door or vault material is made by pressing charcoal powder like Baumcoohen with special bonds or glues. This layer of compressed Carbon allows heat to escape. For instance, it was reported on July 16, 1999 in the Sankei newspaper that the Carbon lamp heater by Mitsubishi pencil company and Matsuruhita-Kotobuki industrial company in Kagawa is 30% warmer than the Tungsten heater. This Carbon lamp heater was made from hard pencil Carbon and ceramics materials. Compressed carbon can also disburse an electric current. The higher the temperature in this layer of compressed Carbon, the better the flow. This can disburse or shut out an electro magnetic wave.

In general, charcoal can clean water of offending odors, clean the air, and can remove dampness from the air. One could remove grime from used bath water, and recyle the water. In Japan, a 24 hour bath recycling system is for sale, but where it is now improved, it was reported as not very popular in the past. It still cannot remove bacteria completely.

The following are Japanese web sites describing the use of charcoal:

http://www.ruralnet.or.jp/sumi/yokomori/yoko_19980421_2.htm
http://www.soma.or.jp/~kunio/murata/sumiyaki.htm

Offered by Inoue.

If this is true then one could in primitive conditions mix some charcoal from your last fire with water that has lead. The sloshing in carrying this would gradually filter the water. When ready to drink a simple cloth strainer would filter out the charcoal. This is all theoretical based on the above statement. We should keep our eyes open for verification. If this works then building of filtration of rain water, etc. becomes a possibility for settlements also.

Offered by Mike.