Quote: (Originally Posted by
Drmike)
saw this on the Titan website
Trying to work out if/why this is true.
Would the structure of the cartridge speed up or make more efficient the water removal after flooding? Would it be easier to 'restart' as they put it a cartridge over sorb? less caustic coctail as no dust? anyone flooded a extendair before?
thinking if this is true of it might be good to use it in a bob.
It is true, though I understand Micropore do not advertise this as it could encourage irresponsible behaviour.
The reason is the CaOH is very well fixed in the plastic matrix in the EAC, but in granules it is in a base that falls apart in water.
With sorb, within 30 seconds of it being wet, it has given up enough of its active components to increase the pH of the water from 7 to 13. With an EAC, there is almost no change in 30 seconds, and it takes over 30 minutes to get to 13. This means that so long as the flood does not last more than 5 to 10 minutes, you can flush it out and it still keeps running.
The EAC restarts very quickly indeed.
Alex