Animal charcoal is produced from bones, horn, blood, etc.

Bone-black, or bone-charcoal, is
obtained by the destructive distillation of bones in iron retorts, the distillate constituting boneoil or Dippel's oil. Bone-black contains about 80 per cent, of calcium phosphate, a little
calcium carbonate, some combined nitrogen, and only about 10 per cent, of carbon. The
following is an analysis of a good sample of dried bone-black:
Carbon

10.51

Ca and Mg phosphates, CaF2, etc

80.21

CaCO3

8.30

CaSO4

0.17

Fe2O3

0.12

SiO2

0.34

Alkali salts

0.35

Total

100.00

Activated carbon, also called activated charcoal, activated coal, carbo

activatus or an "AC filter", is a form of carbon processed to have small, lowvolume pores that increase the surface area available for adsorption or chemical
reactions.
Fuller's earth is any clay material that has the capability to decolorize oil or
other liquids without chemical treatment. Fuller's earth typically consists of
palygorskite (attapulgite) or bentonite.