An raba samar da carbon mai aiki zuwa matakai biyu na carbonation da activation. Carbonization shine dumama albarkatun kasa a cikin yanayin keɓaɓɓen iska. Carbonization iya rarraba albarkatun kasa zuwa ruwa, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrogen da sauran gas. A lokaci guda, yana iya rarraba albarkatun kasa zuwa ɓarna kuma ya haɗa su cikin tsari mai kwanciyar hankali. Activation shine dumama kayan carbide a karkashin yanayin oxidation, yawanci amfani da tururi na ruwa a matsayin oxidant.

Bayan high zafin jiki carburization kunnawa, aiki carbon sinadarai halaye ne m, karfi acid juriya, karfi alkali, iya juriya ruwa nutsewa, high zafin jiki, high matsin lamba, ba sauki karya.

Idan bukatun carbon mai aiki ya fi dacewa da micropores, shi yana da kyakkyawan tasiri a kan gas ko ruwa na kwayoyin halitta da ke da babban nauyin kwayoyin halitta da ƙananan nauyin kwayoyin halitta. Idan matsakaicin poro da microporo na carbon mai aiki sun fi ci gaba, carbon mai aiki ya dace da shan nauyin kwayoyi da kuma girman diamita na abubuwa a cikin matakin ruwa.

A tsaftacewar ruwa, diamita na kwayoyin adsorbent ya fi girma fiye da adsorption na gas, don haka carbon mai aiki da ake amfani da shi a tsaftacewar ruwa yana buƙatar manyan rami masu dacewa, rabo na matsakaicin rami, da kuma ci gaban micropores.

A cikin takamaiman sharar ruwa sarrafawa, aiki carbon ne mafi girma fiye da farfajiyar yankin, da mafi girma da aperture, da mafi kyau da shi decolouration, deodorization, rage COD tasiri. Saboda haka, a cikin tsaftacewar ruwa, zaɓin amfani da carbon mai aiki kusan 300 mesh zai iya samun mafi girman tanadi.