CHARCOAL POWDER

The process of calcining materials like sawdust, peat, coconut shells, and olive pits yields charcoal powder. In order to increase porosity and produce smaller volume pores, which in turn increases surface area and improves adsorption, it is activated by heating charcoal at high temperatures, usually with steam. Peat, coal, wood, coconut shells, or petroleum can all be used to make common charcoal. Common charcoal is heated to approximately 900°C in the presence of a gas (typically steam) to create activated charcoal. This process causes the charcoal to develop numerous internal spaces, or “pores,” which aid the activated charcoal in trapping chemicals. During this procedure, impurities on the charcoal’s surface are also eliminated, greatly enhancing its capacity for adsorption.

Charcoal powder is mainly used as an abrasive, absorbent, and opacifying agent in cosmetics and personal care products.  Its black color serves as a black pigment in cosmetics.

Concentrations used for cosmetics typically range from 0.001% to 10%, with 0.001% for skin care products, 5% for nail polish and mascara, and up to 10% for other eye-decorating items like eyeliners, eye pencils, and eye shadows