# Activated carbon and Thermal coal

Thermal coal is a raw material for activated carbon.

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[Activated carbon](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/activated_carbon/) (chemical) and [Thermal coal](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/thermal_coal/) (energy): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Feedstock

*Physical flow · Direct · Thermal coal → Activated carbon*

Activated carbon is made from thermal coal: it is one of the raw materials its production routes start from.

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