4A Zeolite White Powder (≥ 99% Content) - Leading China Suppliers and Factory for Quality Minerals
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Zeolite 4A is a white, odorless, fine powder commonly used as a detergent builder in laundry powder formulations. It effectively softens water by ion exchange, enhancing cleaning performance while being environmentally friendly and phosphate-free.
Product Usage
Daily Chemical Industry
- Washing Aid: Exchanges calcium and magnesium ions to soften water and prevent dirt redeposition. It is the most mature product replacing phosphorus-containing additives to reduce environmental pollution.
- Soap Molding: Serves as a molding agent for soap.
- Toothpaste Friction: Used as a friction agent. Requires high calcium exchange capacity and rate.
Environmental Protection
- Sewage Treatment: Removes harmful heavy metal ions (Cu2+, Zn2+, Cd2+) and ammonia nitrogen from industrial/agricultural sewage.
- Drinking Water Quality: Softens hard water, detoxifies seawater, and selectively reduces harmful elements, bacteria, and viruses.
- Harmful Gas Treatment: Applied in industrial gas purification and waste gas environmental treatment.
Plastic Processing
Acts as a PVC heat stabilizer when paired with calcium/zinc stabilizers. Its porous structure absorbs free hydrogen chloride to prevent PVC aging. It is environmentally friendly, economical, and shows growing market demand.
Agricultural Fertilizer
- Soil Amendment: Improves trace element supply and soil exchange capacity.
- Slow-release Agent: Extends nitrogen fertilizer effectiveness and crop yield.
- Feed Additive: Enhances animal antiviral ability and feed utilization.
- Preservative: Controls pests and preserves fruits/vegetables.
Metallurgical Industry
Used as a separation agent to extract potassium, rubidium, and cesium in brine. Highly effective for metal enrichment, extraction, and the purification of gases like methane, ethane, and propane.
Paper & Coating
- Paper Filler: Improves porosity, water absorption, fire resistance, and writing performance.
- Coating Pigment: Increases durability, wear resistance, corrosion resistance, and weather resistance.
Petrochemical Industry
- Adsorbent: Adsorbs molecules under 4A (water, methanol, ethanol, H2S, SO2, CO2, ethylene).
- Desiccant: Dries natural gas, chemical gases, liquids, pharmaceuticals, and electronics.
- Catalyst: Highly crystalline structure serves specialized catalytic processes.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Zeolite 4A functions as an eco-friendly detergent builder. It softens water by exchanging calcium and magnesium ions, boosting cleaning efficiency and preventing soil redeposition without using harmful phosphates.
It acts as a selective ion exchanger to remove toxic heavy metals such as Cu2+, Zn2+, and Cd2+ from wastewater. It also targets and removes ammonia nitrogen, preventing algae overgrowth and protecting aquatic ecosystems.
During PVC processing, Zeolite 4A is used alongside calcium/zinc stabilizers as a heat stabilizer. Its porous structure absorbs released hydrogen chloride, neutralizing acids and preventing the plastic from degrading or aging.
Zeolite 4A improves soil quality by slowly releasing critical nutrients, raising cation exchange capacity, and reducing acidity. It also serves as a carrier for animal feed additives and acts as a natural preservative for crops and fruits.
In petrochemicals, it serves as a highly efficient molecular sieve, adsorbent, and desiccant. It selectively adsorbs moisture, carbon dioxide, ethanol, and hydrogen sulfide, and is critical for drying natural gas and chemical liquids.