CHAPTER I: Introduction
Charcoal is one of the things that people use in ancient times. It is said that people once used charcoal in drawing in caves and people have used it as a replacement for coke (a type of carbon) in smelting iron. Today charcoal isn’t used only in cooking, smelting, art, but also in health. What is charcoal anyway? Charcoal is a porous material made of carbon. It can be created by burning wood, coconut shells, animal bones, and corn cobs.
Charcoals have been used for medicinal purposes since antiquity. Even Hippocrates and Egyptian doctors have considered charcoal as a medicine or treatment in their time. Tobias Lowitz, A German-Russian Pharmacist, have discovered its decolorizing and deodorizing effects. Karl Hagan, on the other hand had demonstrated that charcoal had “adsorptive” properties.
“Adsorption” is different from “Absorption”. While “Absorption” sucks in the particles and molecules, “Adsorption” attracts the particles to its surface, almost like a magnet. Charcoal is one of the strongest in adsorbing. It can absorb almost anything. According to Severino S. Paypa, the author of “Healing Wonders of Charcoal: A Realistic Guide to Charcoal Therapy”, “The total surface area of all the particles in just one little cube of finely ground charcoal, 2/5 of an inch on each side, is 1000 square meters.” So with that much surface area, it would be enough to swallow 15 gm of strychnine with 15 gm of charcoal without getting affected. (Note: the last sentence which you have read was an experiment done a professional. Pls. do not execute or try this as you might risk your life.)
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How Charcoal “Adsorbs” molecules
Statement of the Problem:
“Health is Wealth”. This is ussualy one of the sayings people would know. Of course, we could say that it is true since health is the key to happiness and living long. But in this drastically changing world, staying healthy would be quite a challenge. During these times, not many live long to even pass the age 100. Due to climate change, pollution, stress, the chances of people staying healthy without sickness os 50/50. Sometimes, getting sick would also equal to a hole in your pocket as well. Hospital fees as well as medicine are off the charts that you would already need at least a thousand philippine peso to get a small tray of medicine (I already experienced that when me and my grandma went to buy the medicine prescribed to her).The motto “prevention is better than cure” would definitely be true since we would already know about the consequences. People today would look for ways in staying healthy like exercise and diet while people who are sick would look for a way to fast recovery. That’s why scientist today work hard in finding new ways to cure people in an affordable efficient way and one of those studies were the one that me and partner decided to study upon. Thi study is on about the healing benefits of charcoal.
Charcoal was used for healing since ancient times until today (although very few use it).
According to studies, charcoals have adsorptive properties that attracts molecules to it. Due to being porous (or having a lot of pores) the molecules go inside those pores and stay there. Charcoal is safe even if you inhaled it, swallowed it, or be in contact with skin. It is not allowed to do it intraavenously ( to inject into the veins) since it might form a clamp and produce blood cloth. Many have already tried and tested it and none of them has had any side effects, only miracles. One example was the demonstration of P.F Touery wherein he swallowed 1g of styrchnine with 1g charcoal powder without suffering ill effects.
Our research is based on how charcoal can help us in our health. Not only is it cheap, effective, but it can also be done at home. By using charcoal, people would have a fast recovery or have a healthy lifestyle. By conducting this research, we may be able to find a better way of living.
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Objectives:
• To know if charcoal really have this adsorptive properties.
• To find the reason how charcoal adsorbs molecules.
• How charcoal detoxifies the body.
Statement of Hypothesis:
It is said that charcoal the power to adsorb chemicals. An example of this is how we deodorize the refrigerator. When bacteria in food combine, sometimes they would form or give a foul smell that would hurt the nose. One way of deodorizing the refrigerator would be by putting charcoal inside it. (Pls. note that the refrigerator should be emptied first).
By doing so, the charcoal would adsorb the gas that created the foul smell. In some studies, scientists claim that charcoal can purify water by adsorbing the chemicals or toxins in it. Based from this, we hypothesized that, maybe, charcoal can remove the toxins inside the body as well.
Scope and Limitations:
Not all types of charcoal can be used. Charcoal briquettes may not effective and burned food is not allowed since it is cancerous. In some countries, people sell in capsulated form. However, charcoal drinks are more effective since capsulated charcoals are mostly made of starch.
CHAPTER II: Review of Related Review:
To Severino S. Paypa (the author of “healing wonders of charcoal”), “charcoal is defined as amorphous, porous form of carbon…” this form of carbon is made by burning wood, coconut shells, and corn cobs in a sealed container with a single hole.
A long time ago, Hippocrates and Pliny had recommended charcoal in treating epilepsy, chlorosis, and other illnesses. In 1783, Tobias Lowitz discovered that charcoal had the ability to decolorize and deodorize. He claimed that charcoal would be able to purify water because of decolorizing and deodorizing properties. And, in 1793, Karl Hagan had found out that charcoal had the power to adsorb.
Charcoal is known as one of the strongest in adsorbing particles. It can almost adsorb anything. Due to its porous form, the molecules would be adsorbed inside its pores and stays there. Charcoal can adsorb poisonous chemicals like Aconite, lead acetate and hemlock. In detoxicating the body, charcoal is adsorbs poisons inside the body then it exits to the digestive system (Figure 1.1)
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Figure 1.1: How charcoal detoxicates the body.
Some of the poisons which charcoal adsorbs are: Acetaminophen, Aconite, Acrolein, Alcohol, Amphetamine, Antipyrine, Arsenic, Aspirin, Atropine, Camphor, Chlorine, DDT, Delphinium, Dieldrin, Hemlock, Hydrogen Sulfide, Iron, Lead, Lead Acetate, Malathion, Mercuric Chloride, Mercury, Nitrogen Dioxide, Parathion , Phosphorous, Potassium, Silver, Thallium, Tin, Poisons from Plants and Animals, and Radioactive Elements.
CHAPTER III: Research Plan
Methodology:
How to Make Charcoal:
Materials:
(1) Metal can that can hold more than 5 gallons (with cap)
(2) Wood (one for making charcoal and one for the fire)
(3) Drum
(4) Drill
Procedure:
Preparing the Can:
(1) Cut the wood into small pieces.
(2) Fill the can with wood. Make sure no space is left behind.
(3) Using the drill, drill a hole on the cap. (the bigger the can, the bigger the hole)
(4) Cover the can using the cap (with a hole).
Preparing the Drum:
(5) On the walls of the drum. Create a small opening on the lower part of the drum.
(6) Inside the drum. Put in some papers and woods that can be used to start a fire.
(7) After preparing it. Put the can in.
(8) Add some wood then start the fire.
Findings and Analysis:
From what I saw, as the can was being burned inside the drum, there was some kind of gas going out of the hole that was as dark as smoke and, after a few hours; I noticed how fire starts spurting out of it. After the fire had gone out, we took out the can using the stick and waited for it cool. After a while we opened it and saw that the wood had turned to charcoal.
Chapter IV: Summary, Conclusion, Recommendation:
After doing the experiment, I asked myself, if wood turns to ashes when it gets burned, why didn’t ours (the wood used in our experiment) become ashes? While doing the experiment, I saw from what I could say gases escaping the can through a hole. Seeing this, I think that the reason that the wood inside the can didn’t turn to ashes was because the gas or oxygen was being deprived. We all know that fire needs air in order to grow, but in our experiment is being deprived however the fact that it is inside the burning drum is still the same. Therefore our experiment is more like burning toast. It is getting heated but it has no contact with fire. I could say based on our experiment that as the process of creating charcoal takes place, pores begin to appear; therefore giving charcoal the ability to adsorb. However, I would recommend on the activated carbon/charcoal instead since it adsorbs better than ordinary charcoal.
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Definition of Terms:
(1) Activated Charcoal – is carbon treated with oxygen.
(2) Adsorb – is the ability to attach molecules or particles to its surface. Like a magnet.
(3) Charcoal – is a porous material made by burning wood, coconut shells, animal bones or corn cobs in a sealed container with a small hole.
(4) Decolorize – removing the color.
(5) Deodorize – removing the smell.
(6) Detoxify – removing the toxins or poisons.
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