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Agriculture
Ecological agricultural products, cultivation medium, soil treatment and remediation, golf courses. |
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Animals
Animal feed additive, animal waste treatment, fish farms and pet care products.
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Water Treatment
Municipal and industrial water treatment. Ammonia and heavy metal removal. |
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Swimming Pools
Filter medium for swimming pool filters. Replaces sand and improves filter performance. |
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Construction
Construction materials, lightweight concrete, ceramics and frits. |
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Industry
Absorbant, dehumidification, gas seperation, filtration. |
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Health
Human dietary supplement, diarrhea treatment, absorbent for personal care products. |
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Industrial Uses |
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| Natural zeolites have a wide range of potential applications in many different
types of industry. Synthetic zeolites are perhaps more well known than their natural
counterparts as sythetic zeolites have been used in industry for many years to
perfrom various functions ranging from molecular seiving to bulking agents and fillers
in detergents and paints. |
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| Natural zeolites are not as versatile but they are much cheaper to buy that synthetic
zeolites, and natural zeolites can perform many useful functions. |
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| Air filtration - to remove ammonia, hydrogen sulphide, fouls smells, particulate contamination
and moisture. |
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| Dehumidification - in industry and in the home, zeolites are now found in air conditioning units. |
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| Gas separation - zeolites are natural molecular seives. Clinoptilolite can remove carbon dioxide
from methane for example. |
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| Absorption - to clean up spillages of hazardous chemicals. Zeolites are highly absorbent
and chemically stable. |
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| Nuclear waste - zeolites are used to adsorb Cs and Sr from laboratory waste. Radio isotopes can
be adsorbed into the zeolite by ion exchange, and the zeolite can then be transformed into glass to
permanently lock away the waste for safe disposal. |
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| Decontamination - zeolites can be used to adsorb pollution from contaminated sites.
It is particularly useful in removing heavy metal contamination from soils, and can absorb
all kinds of hazardous liquids. |
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| Water treatment - see the Water Treatment page of this website for more information
on industrial water treatment. |
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| Zeolites can also be modified in various ways to produce new and innovative products for various
applications. For more information on the applications mentioned above, and some new ideas for using
natural zeolites, please go to the R+D page of our website. |
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