Chemviron Carbon Cloth Division manufactures the world's leading 100% activated carbon textiles, sold under the brand name Flexzorb®. 

Originally developed by the British Ministry of Defence for use in chemical warfare suits, Flexzorb® Activated Carbon Cloth (ACC) has many relevant uses in defence, industrial, and medical applications.

Available in knitted and woven formats, as well as being able to be combined with other backing materials, Flexzorb® is used in an array of diverse applications including CBRN defence garments, wound care, ostomy, drug delivery, air filtration/purification, face masks, and more. 

Flexzorb® is 100% activated carbon and is more effective at adsorption compared to carbon-loaded materials which have a lower activated carbon content. Flexzorb® has a microporous structure which results in rapid adsorption kinetics and the capability to adsorb to a higher level of purity. Flexzorb® is also suitable for use in applications where there is a high humidity as its adsorption capacity is less adversely affected by moisture. The activated carbon cloth can also be custom-manufactured to comprise a mesoporous structure to adsorb larger molecules if required.

Due to its microporous structure, Flexzorb® activated carbon cloth has an extremely large surface area. To put its capabilities into perspective, just 1g of Flexzorb® activated carbon cloth has the surface area of over half the size of a football pitch. This, combined with the strong electrostatic forces within the cloth, enables the cloth to be highly efficient at adsorbing both liquids and gases.

Flexzorb® has been tested by the UK’s Health Protection Agency and have been proven to be both antiviral and virucidal (when tested against surrogate virus MS2-Coliphage).