Zeolite: A Brief Overview
by: Panagiotis Petridis, Agricultural Scientist (PE); Charalambos Karasavvidis, Agricultural Scientist (PE). Zeolites are clay-silicate materials with a tetrahedral crystal structure featuring cavities, which are occupied by ions and water molecules. These exhibit considerable freedom of movement, a fact which contributes to the occurrence of the phenomena of ion exchange and dehydration in zeolites. Essentially, they…