Facts about Filter Medias


Granular Activated Carbon

It is a hybrid mixture of a wide variety of graphite platelets that are interconnected by nongraphitic carbon bonding. The adsorptive capacity of GAC makes it ideal for removing a variety of contaminants from water, air, liquids and gases. Besides, it reduces a range of dissolved contaminants such as chlorine, THMs and heavy metals from water. GAC is also an environmentally responsible product that can be reactivated through thermal oxidation and used multiple times for the same application.

Mineral Stone

Primarily, it uses after RO Systems. Mineral Stone releases easily absorbed, ionized minerals into the water, including calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, zinc and other trace minerals. When removed from its source of alkalinity, the pH of water will decrease. The purpose of these stones is to maintain the alkalinity of water while adding trace minerals. They mimic the natural effect of the rocks that line fresh mountain streams, and generate the same fresh, and great tasting water.

Phosphate


It is used to sequester iron and hardness to prevent scaling and precipitation reactions in beverage and ice making equipment when hard water is a problem. In Australia, this technique is mostly used to encapsulate calcium and
magnesium hardness preventing scale build up in hot water services and heat exchanges. This works by coating the ions at the molecular level preventing the precipitation of these elements. As used in the US, it also has the ability to coat the inside of pipes and connectors preventing corrosion under some specific circumstances it can be very successful.

Calcite


Calcite is a crushed and screened white marble media which can inexpensively be used to neutralize acidic or low pH waters to a neutral, less corrosive effluent. One of the advantages of Calcite is its self-limiting property. When properly applied, it corrects pH only enough to reach a non-corrosive equilibrium. It does not overcorrect under normal conditions. It is a naturally occurring calcium carbonate media. Adding calcite to water gives water alkalinity which offsets the acidity of water caused by dissolved carbon dioxide. Upon contact with calcite, acidic waters slowly dissolve the calcium carbonate to raise the pH which reduces potential leaching of copper, lead and other metals found in typical plumbing systems.


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