eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia 0973-1245 2016-09-25 13 3 1319 1325 10.13005/bbra/2272 16106 article Usenkulova Sholpan Zhenisbekovna 1 Marat Isakovich Satayev 1 Samonin Vyacheslav Viktorovich 2 M. Auezov South Kazakhstan State University, Kazakhstan, Shymkent. St. Petersburg State Technological Institute (Technical University) Russia St. Petersburg. Active carbon, that can be used in the adsorption cleaning of water environments from pollutants of various composition, was produced. Apricot pit shells were charged into the carbonizing stove, where the process was carried out at a temperature of 700 ^оC with nitrogen purging during 2 hours. Then, the carbonated product was placed into the activation furnace. The thermal activation was carried out in the flow of СO₂ and H₂O in the mass ratio 85:15 at a temperature of  800 °С during one hour. The paper presents characteristics of the produced active carbon. Moisture content, total porousness, mesopore, micropore and macropore volume, high brightening ability by methylene blue of the active carbon were determined. https://www.biotech-asia.org/vol13no3/production-of-active-carbons-from-apricot-pit-shells-by-thermal-activation-in-the-mixture-of-carbon-dioxide-and-water-vapors/ Active carbon; apricot shells; thermal activation