Question

What is zeolite made of?

Answer 1

• Zeolite is the three-dimensional crystalline solids of aluminum silicates.
• Zeolite have small openings of fixed size in them so they allow small molecules to pass through whereas the larger molecules are not pass through it.
• Zeolite is obtained naturally or can be synthesized in industries.
• Zeolite is made up of an aluminosilicate framework.
• In an aluminosilicate framework, aluminum and silicon are tetrahedrally coordinated. Silicon cations and aluminium cations are enclosed by four oxygen anions.

Hence, zeolite is made of silicon, aluminium and oxygen that form a cavity and channel system within which cations, water and small molecules can reside.