| Activated carbons | AC-1 | AC-2 | AC-3 | AC-4 | AC-5 | AC-6 | AC-7 | AC-8 |
| Origin | Coal | Coal | Coal | Coal | Wood | Wood | Wood | Wood |
| Total surface area (cm2/g) | 956 | 745 | 820 | 856 | 866 | 1238 | 1053 | 1322 |
| Pore size (Å) | Pore surface (%) | |||||||
| 0 - 10 | 72.4 | 99.9 | 76.5 | 73.9 | 91.9 | 83.4 | 81.5 | 78.2 |
| 10 - 20 | 19.8 | 0.0 | 21.9 | 20.4 | 8.0 | 16.4 | 15.2 | 21.5 |
| 20 - 30 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 30 - 50 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 |
| 30 - 100 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 0.2 |
| 30 - 240 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 0.3 |
| 50 - 100 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| 50 - 240 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.3 |