Boiling carbon?

[mr.wilson]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Regardless of this whole microwave debate I think boiling the carbon in water can please everyone.

I'm not pleased with microwaving carbon, unless it heats the carbon up to 900 degrees and you are adding an activation gas. A microwave or oven will open a few of the larger pores that are clogged, but 90% of the pores will remain spent. You could put the carbon back in the tank for a couple of days to remove some larger pigmented organics, but it will expel everything it has absorbed over the next couple of weeks.