Support for Industrial Zeolites -- COMPAMED Trade Fair

Support for Industrial Zeolites

First described in the 18th century, zeolites have seen increasing use in industry and commerce from cat litter to industrial catalysts and "molecular sieves." Zeolites belong to a class of materials called alumino-silicates whose crystal structures form highly porous, nanoscale "cages" that can filter and trap small molecules. Naturally occurring zeolites are mined and widely used as absorbents in products such as cat litter.

Tailored synthetic zeolites have a wide variety of more specialized applications, such as in laundry detergents and as catalysts in oil refineries. Because they can be designed with pores that pass only molecules of a certain size and shape, zeolites have excited considerable interest as molecular sieves for chemical separations.

It is often extremely difficult to make precision measurements of key chemical characteristics for zeolites because they are ferociously hygroscopic. Humidity must be precisely controlled and specified to make meaningful measurements of the elemental content.This has made it difficult to compare experimental results between different labs.
