What are Zeolites?
Zeolites are aluminium-silicate minerals that have very wide internal surfaces (up to approx. 400 m2/g) due to their special micro-porous structure. As a result, zeolite can store an inimitable quantity of water or other substances.
In addition, zeolite has also a selective ion exchange property in relation to a special chemical composition (in this case, the highest clinoptilolite percentage possible is the decisive quality criterion).
The order of selectivity for the ion exchange looks like the following:
Cs>Rb>K>NH4>Ba>Sr>Na>Ca>Fe>Al>Mg>Li
These unique characteristics of zeolite can be better illustrated with the following structure model:
Zeolites are aluminium-silicate minerals that have very wide internal surfaces (up to approx. 400 m2/g) due to their special micro-porous structure. As a result, zeolite can store an inimitable quantity of water or other substances.
In addition, zeolite has also a selective ion exchange property in relation to a special chemical composition (in this case, the highest clinoptilolite percentage possible is the decisive quality criterion).
The order of selectivity for the ion exchange looks like the following:
Cs>Rb>K>NH4>Ba>Sr>Na>Ca>Fe>Al>Mg>Li
These unique characteristics of zeolite can be better illustrated with the following structure model:
