On the Skeptics stack exchange we have a question about burned toast being used as a treatment for poison, the idea being that burned toast acts as activated carbon.
We are skeptical due to the fact that gas activation requires heating to high temperature, but don't have the chemistry to rule out toast as a source of activated carbon.
My instinct tells me that:
- Toast is not good source of carbon
- Activation is not easily done in your average kitchen.
Can someone answer those 2 questions?
- Is toast a good source of carbon
- Can activated carbon be produced in your average kitchen without training or any special supplies?
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