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It's excellent, charcoal should be further treated and turned into activated carbon to give it more surface area but in the absence of that process and all you have is charcoal; it does a pretty good job
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoYes it can, in the proper filter arrangement.
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distillation
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What is a halogen used to purify water?
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Important facts about chlorine?
It is used to purify water.
