LEWATIT® AF 5

LEWATIT® AF 5 is a microporous activated carbon like adsorber consisiting of spherical beads derived from a styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer. The unique manufacturing/activation process results in a small and very uniform pore size which facilitates the selective removal of small polar molecules as well as size exclusion chromatography. LEWATIT® AF 5 is particularly suitable for the following applications:

  • Water treatment: removal of trace amounts of organic substances such as chlorinated hydrocarbons, MTBE, organic phosphates, amines, pesticides and other metabolites
  • Removal of organics from electroplating process streams
  • Isolation of pharmaceutically active compounds
  • Removal of acetic acid from brine
In contrast to activated carbon LEWATIT® AF 5 offers the following advantages:
  • Regenerable without additional activation: the elution is usually carried out with hot water or steam
  • Narrow bead size distribution
  • Excellent mechanical stability towards abrasion and attrition due to the spherical shape of its particles

Brand

LEWATIT®

Product Type

Adsorbers

Waste water treatment

Pharma Finishing

Impurity and contaminant removal

Watertreatment

Make-up water treatment

Juan Carlos Pinilla

Birmingham

Dr. Zhendong Liu

Birmingham