Molecular Sieve Types and Structures
Molecular Sieve Types and Structures Ⅰ. There are two types of molecular sieves: natural zeolite and synthetic zeolite. 1. Most natural zeolites are formed by the reaction of volcanic tuff and tuffaceous sedimentary rocks in marine or lacustrine environments. At present, more than 1,000 kinds of zeolite minerals have been discovered, of which 35 are more important. The common ones are clinoptilolite, mordenite, erionite and chabazite. 2. Because is limited by resources, people later use synthetic zeolite in large quantities. Commercial molecular sieves often use prefix numbers to classify molecular sieves with different crystal structures, such as type 3A, type…