Transformation of Natural Clinoptilolite to High Purity of Synthetic Zeolits
2012 ◽
Vol 466-467
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pp. 42-46
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In this paper, the Chinese natural clinoptilolite was treated hydrothermally, with fusion with NaOH powder as pretreatment. High purity of zeolite Na-Y, Na-P and Na-A were identified as the reacted products, depending on the reaction conditions such as hydrothermal time and the Si/Al molar ratio in the gels. And their cation exchange capacity (CEC) are 257, 355 and 335meq/100g respectively, which are greatly higher than that of the natural zeolite (97 meq/100g). In the hydrothermal reaction, an interesting phenomenon of crystal transformation has also been found