[ch3mistrydude]

What is the general principle behind separating the adsorbed from the absorbent ( activated charcoal.)

[Arkcon]

Your questions are concise, I should be grateful for that.  But with so little context, I'm sure your threads are only good for pages of "Yeah, but ..., and then, ... and then" posts.  However, playing along: You don't separate what's absorbed onto activated carbon.  Stuff may come off as the equilibrium shifts for a variety of reason, but we generally think anything stuck there, stays there and is lost.

[DTU student #12]

Depending on the equilibrium at question, generally heating the activated charcoal will shift the equilibrium towards desorption.