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Dictionary of Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Processing
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Dictionary of Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Processing

by Alireza Bahadori, Chikezie Nwaoha, Malcolm William Clark
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
478 pages
16h 29m
English
CRC Press
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Zeolite: A class of minerals that are “hydrated aluminosilicates.” An
aluminosilicate is where some of the Si atoms in silica (which has the
perfectly reasonable chemical formula SiO
4
) are replaced with aluminum,
giving an excess negative charge. “Hydrated” means that water is strongly
associated with these materials by hydrogen bonding. Lastly, a positively
charged “counterion” is needed to balance the negative charge on the zeolite.
Zeolites are extremely porous materials, with a regular internal structure of
cavities of dened size and shape.
Zeta Hammer™: A brand name of a tool used to deliver rapid impact stokes ...
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