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Kora makes shell charcoal and charcoal powder. It does not make or sell activated carbon, and no activation partner is named here. Figures below are as published; there is no laboratory report for the properties activation depends on.
Kora Coconut · Carbon feedstock
Coconut shell charcoal, sold as feedstock for activated carbon makers
Kora supplies the charcoal that carbon processors activate. Kora does not sell activated carbon. This page states what is published, and what is not.
What Kora supplies
- Coconut shell charcoal, lump (grade A and grade B).
- Charcoal powder from the same charcoal, mesh to order.
What Kora does not supply
- Activated carbon of any kind.
- Activation, tolling or steam-activated products.
- Test data for iodine number, hardness or surface area (these belong to the activated product).
| Parameter | Value | Unit | Test method | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed carbon (lump) | ≥ 70 | % | Published on the main Kora site | |
| Moisture (lump) | ≤ 10 | % | Published on the main Kora site | |
| Ash (lump) | ≤ 5 | % | Published on the main Kora site | |
| Moisture (powder) | ≤ 10 | % | Published on the main Kora site | |
| Grades (lump) | A and B | Difference between grades: ask sales | ||
| Load per 20' container (lump, jumbo bag) | ≈ 13 | MT | Published on the main Kora site | |
| Volatile matter | Ask sales | No data published | ||
| Particle size / mesh (powder) | Ask sales | To order; no figures published | ||
| Hardness | Ask sales | No data published |
Figures are as published on the main Kora site; they are not independent results. Lot values are stated in each lot COA.
Under research, not yet verified
Charcoal feedstock
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Coconut shell charcoal, lump, as feedstock
Lump shell charcoal, grades A and B, with the fixed carbon, moisture and ash limits Kora publishes. Charcoal for processors to activate; Kora does not sell activated carbon.
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Charcoal powder from coconut shell, as feedstock
Powder milled from Kora shell charcoal, mesh to order, packed in lined jumbo bags or 25 kg sacks with a COA per lot. Feedstock only; Kora does not sell activated carbon.
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Feedstock notes
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Writing a shell charcoal feedstock specification for activation
A template for an activated carbon maker to specify coconut shell charcoal feedstock: which properties to list, which limits to set and what Kora publishes.
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A trial-lot plan to qualify a charcoal supplier
Step by step plan for an activated carbon maker to qualify a charcoal supplier: paper review, sample test, trial lot, acceptance limits and per-lot checks.
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Charcoal vs activated carbon: what Kora supplies
Where shell charcoal sits in the activated carbon chain, which test figures belong to charcoal and which to the activated product, and what Kora supplies.
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