A standard industry based test (ASTM, 2011) was used to evaluate the abrasion properties of the granulated activated carbons produced. A dry 50 g sample of activated carbon was pre-abraded for 10 min on a standard 1 mm mesh 200 mm diameter sieve using a 20 mm stainless steel ball and a sieve shaker (Ro-Tap). The oversized (+1 mm) carbon material was found to be 30 mg; this material was then subjected to a further 60 min of abrasion in the sieve shaker. The abrasion resistance was calculated by entering the mass of oversized carbon particles (mOversize) and the mass of the undersize particles (mUndersize) into Eq. (9). In addition, the activated carbon pore porosity and surface area measurements were performed using a Quantachrome Autosorb-1 Tristar V4 3000 analyser.