Activated zeolite powders

Due to contain electricity price low ionic radius larger metal ions and combining state of the water, the water Activated zeolite powders in the heated continuously losing, but crystal skeleton structure remains the same, has formed many of the same size of the cavity, the cavity has many of the same diameter pores is linked together, these small cavity diameter size uniform, can channel diameter smaller than the 4a zeolite powder to the interior of the cavity, and channel than large molecules are excluded, so the molecules of different diameter size shape, the degree of different polarity molecules, the boiling point of different molecules, degree of saturation of different molecular separation, which have the function of the "screening" molecules, known as molecular sieve. The molecular sieve in metallurgy, chemical industry, electronics, petrochemical, natural gas and other widely used in industry.

Principles and types of Zeolite

Absorption features: molecular sieve adsorption material from physical adsorption (van der Waals forces), which has a strong internal crystal cavities polarity and Coulomb field of polar molecules (such as water) and unsaturated molecules show a strong adsorption capacity.
Screening function: very uniform pore size distribution of the molecular sieve, only molecular diameter smaller than the diameter of the hole before substance may enter bughole internal molecular sieves.
By order of priority and size to distinguish molecular adsorption of different substances, so the image is called "molecular sieve."
Type: synthetic zeolite molecular sieve zeolite and two natural. Most ① natural zeolite formed by volcanic tuffs occur and tuffaceous sedimentary rocks in marine or lacustrine environment reaction. Have been found to have more than 1000 kinds of zeolite mineral, the more important ones are 35 kinds, often with clinoptilolite, mordenite, erionite and chabazite, etc. Mainly in the United States, Japan, France and other countries, China also found that a large number of mordenite and clinoptilolite deposits, Japan is the largest country in the natural zeolite mined. ② due to natural zeolite subject to resource constraints, from the beginning of the 1950s, a large number of synthetic zeolites.
Goods zeolite crystal structure common prefixes Digital classify the different molecular sieves, such as type 3A, 4A type, 5a zeolite molecular sieves. 4A Class A type that table, aperture 4Å ;. A type of zeolite containing Na +, referred to as Na-A, if one is Na + K + replacement, pore size of about 3Å ;, is the 3A molecular sieve; Na-A if there is more than one third of the Na + Ca2 + exchange, aperture is about 5Å ;, is the 5A molecular sieve.

Ion-exchange properties of molecular sieves 4A

4a zeolite powder ion exchange properties, take advantage of this capability to soften water. 4a zeolite molecular sieves framework are each oxygen atom is shared by two adjacent tetrahedra, this structure which may be occupied by cations and water molecules large bugholes, and these cations and water molecules have a greater mobility can cation exchange and reversible dehydration. 4A zeolite is ion exchange with aluminum ions in the framework carried a negative charge carried by each of the aluminum ions, may be not only sodium ions, may also be combined with other cations. Calcium and magnesium ions can enter the original sodium ions occupy a large crystal cave, the 4A Zeolite replace sodium ions 4A Zeolite down ---- that sodium ions can be exchanged with hard water Ca2 + ,, Mg2 + ions exchange, so as to achieve the purpose to soften water.
Combined with calcium and magnesium ions in zeolite 4A speed slower than sodium tripolyphosphate, and with the ability to bind magnesium ions is weak. But 4A molecular sieve can be a small amount of water in harmful heavy metal ions (such as Pb2 +, Cd2 +, Hg2 +) can be very easily and quickly removed to purify water has very important significance.

Application of molecular sieves 4A

Detergent additives: zeolite 4a as a detergent additive main function is to produce calcium ion exchange water softening, remove dirt and prevent redeposition. 4A Zeolite is currently applied on behalf of the largest builders of phosphorus and most mature product. 4A Zeolite replace sodium tripolyphosphate as detergent additives to solve the environmental pollution has a major role. 4A Zeolite forming agent can also be used soap, toothpaste friction agent.
Sewage: 4A molecular sieve can remove sewage NH3-N, and Pb2 +, Cu2 +, Zn2 + ,, Cd2 + and so on. Industry, agriculture, animal husbandry and aquatic civilian discharged wastewater containing ammonia nitrogen, not only endanger the survival of fish, in the farming environment pollution, and promote algae growth, leading to blockage of rivers and lakes. 4A molecular sieve due to high selectivity of NH4 + exchangeable, has been successfully applied in the field. Sewage from metal mines, smelters, metal surface treatment and chemical emissions from industry and other sectors, which contains heavy metal ions harmful to human health. 4a zeolite molecular sieves with sewage in addition to those qualified to ensure the water quality, but also the recovery of heavy metals.
Other uses:
(1) Water ---- hard water softener, can replace the current widespread use of sulfonated coal, thereby reducing costs;
(2) Metallurgical Industry ---- separating agent, separation, extraction of brine potassium, rubidium, and cesium. In industry for the enrichment, separation and extraction of metals and other processes;
(3) petrochemical industry ---- catalysts, desiccants, adsorbents;
(4) ---- agricultural soil conditioner;
(5) Pharmaceutical ---- silver zeolite antimicrobial agent.

Zeolite drying technology

Conventional molecular sieve drying technique commonly used hot air natural gas dryingtechnology, and microwave drying technology to solve the traditional dry sieve drying slow, energy loss, poor product quality problems, in particular in: 1, microwave drying fast molecular sieve, generally a few minutes 2 can achieve the purpose of microwave drying, microwave drying sieve evenly to achieve the depth of dry, good product quality; 3, still dry, do not burn with less dust; 4, microwave drying molecular sieve process safety, energy conservation, environmental protection and the use of electricity, dry inside and outside at the same time, electric drying than saving more than 50%; 5, shorten the production cycle, greatly reducing the production of working capital; 6, microwave drying equipment cabinet temperature below 40 ℃, improve workers' working environment.

Introduction of Zeolite

molecular sieve is a cubic lattice of an aluminosilicate compound having. Molecular sieve has a uniform porous structure, the diameter of its pores of uniform size, these cavities can adsorb molecules smaller diameter than the internal bore, and an unsaturated polar molecules and molecules having a preferential adsorption capacity, and thus able to very different degree, different degree of saturation, and boiling points of different molecular sizes of different molecules separated, that has the effect of "screening" elements, so called zeochem molecular sieves  Since the molecular sieves have a high adsorption capacity, high thermal stability other adsorbents that are not so widely applied molecular sieve.
In the field of biological macromolecules, a common bio-rad SEC sieve prepacked columns.
US scientists have found that by adjusting the temperature, to precisely control one titanium silicate material pore size, to create a sophisticated molecular sieve. Some internal crystal material has a large number of uniform pore size smaller than the molecules can pass through the holes, while large molecules can not pass through, and thus serves to separate different molecules, such materials are known as air separate unit molecular sieve adsorbent.
In fact, in 2001, scientists in the UK "Nature" magazine reported that they had discovered a titanium silicate material known as ETS-4 can be used as a good molecular sieve. When the temperature rises, ETS-4 will gradually dehydrated, pore size decreases. Finely adjust the pore size in the use of this method, (1 angstrom equals one billion of a meter) in the 3-4 Angstroms range. Scientists say some common elements such as nitrogen, methane, oxygen, argon and water molecules are about the size of 3-4 Å, another is almost the same size, molecular sieves drying made with ETS-4 can effectively separate them. Researchers have experimented with ETS-4 from the nitrogen content in the mixture of nitrogen and methane, from 18% to 5%, and in the separation of argon and oxygen, nitrogen and oxygen experiments have been successful. It is believed that this technology will have important commercial applications