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How
the Products Work
About Zeolites
| FAQ's | Mineralologist
Report
The
products contain 100% all natural zeolite blends. Natural volcanic
zeolite is a
mineral consisting of silica and alumina. There are large deposits
of volcanic zeolite minerals found in the western United States.
Natural zeolites have a unique interconnecting lattice structure.
This lattice structure is arranged to form a honeycomb framework
of consistent diameter interconnecting channels and pores. Negatively
charged alumina and neutrally charged silica tetrahedra building
blocks are stacked to produce the open three dimensional honeycomb
framework. Zeolites attract positively charged moisture, odors
and gas molecues and trap them in its crystaline structure. Natural
zeolites are formed from the altered volcanic ash. Zeolites have
the ability to adsorb and desorb water, odor and gas molecules
without any chemical or physical change in the zeolite itself.
The material can encompass and control many times its weight in
odors or moisture. Zeolites are safe, inert, stable, non-toxic
and non-corrosive.
The
process by which zeolites attract and trap moisture, odors and
gases is called adsorption. Absorption (with a B) is a mechanical
process - for example, a dry sponge responding to water by expanding
and holding the water. Adsorption (with a D) is the electrical
process (ionic) of opposite electrical ions attracted to and clinging
to each other.
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