Bamboo Charcoal comes from bamboo which carbonized under high temperature, there are innumerable holes crosswise is its structure, it is said that the inner surface of bamboo charcoal reach 300 to 700 square meter per gram, in such large space microbe can easy absorb on it, and the volatile bamboo charcoal contained supply rich nutriment for microbe, so bamboo charcoal possessed great absorption effect and the microbe it absorbed can decompose the absorbed ingredients clearly. If processing bamboo charcoal under very high temperature(1000℃),it will emit far infrared ray, release minus ion, absorb electromagnetic wave, bamboo charcoal also possesses rich trace elements and natural mineral, such as calcium, potassium, sodium and iron etc, for this characteristic, bamboo charcoal is widely used is our daily life and in agriculture, medicine, textile, military affair, electronics, industry etc.
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