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activated carbon

activated carbon

 
pronunciation:
aek t veI td kar bn
part of speech: noun
definition: a form of very porous and thus very absorbent carbon, produced by heating charcoal so as to empty out contained gases, and used to absorb other gases, recover solvents, deodorize, and the like; activated charcoal.