Aquaphor composite filters comprise a matrix of the high quality coconut shell activated carbon particles. The carbon particle sizes vary from 300 microns for pitcher cartridges to 500 nanometers for the carbon blocks. The activated carbon particle sizes are much smaller than the activated carbon used in the competing filers. As a result, Aquaphor filters have smaller effective pore sizes.
Aquaphor composite pitcher and carbon block filters contain AQUALEN® activated hydrophilic ion-exchange microfibers. AQUALEN® fibers are distributed throughout the volume of the filter cartridge. Fiber diameter is an order of magnitude smaller than human hair. AQUALEN® has tremendous outer surface area. Due to hydrophilic surface of the AQUALEN® fibers water flows uniformly and easily through the cartridges with very small sized pores. AQUALEN® fibers have large concentration of the amphoteric, chelating ion-exchange groups. These groups remove irreversibly of heavy metal ions both from soft and from hard water.
Aquaphor filter cartridges contain imbedded submicron-sized Ag crystals which provide strong bactericidal properties with negligible leakage of silver into purified water.
Aquaphor filters are protected by 23 Russian, 7 USA and other patents.
