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What is a zeolite?

What is a zeolite? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (mineralogy) Any of several minerals, aluminosilicates of sodium, potassium, calcium or magnesium, that have a porous structure; they are used in water softeners and in ion exchange chromatography.
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An amygdaloidal variety containing calcareous spar and zeolite occurs S. of Dudley.
Solutions passed through a filter bed of zeolite minerals undergo ion exchange as particular ions or molecules become trapped within the crystal lattice.
Engineers have proposed passing Martian atmosphere through zeolite crystals.
It passes then in a cylinder seals containing a special matter: the zeolite which has the property to retain nitrogen and to let pass oxygen.
There are more than eighty different natural zeolite minerals and many hundreds of synthetic zeolites with no naturally occurring equivalents.
The nanosize zeolite may be chemically modified so that it will graft onto a support.

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