How does water get filtered while passing through sand, charcoal, etc.?
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Particles that are suspended in water get caught up in all the tight spaces that water has to go through when filtering through such materials. Some stuff also sticks directly to the surface of the material (this is called adsorption) or reacts with it; that’s why activated charcoal is made in a way that maximizes its surface area.
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