What Is Y Type Zeolite?

Identification

• Zeolites are a group of highly porous minerals often processed into a powder. Though some zeolites are used every day in spill cleanup powders, Zeolite-Y is most often found in factories and processing centers.

Features

• Zeolites can be natural or synthetic. Commercially available zeolite is categorized by its pore size. Types of commercially available synthetic zeolite include Zeolite-A and Zeolite-Y.

Function

• Zeolite is a crystal-structured mineral with large spaces in its chemical structure, which makes it very handy for absorbing water and other large molecules.

Benefits

• According to Zeolyst International, a manufacturer of zeolite, the mineral has many applications for industrial and manufacturing use. Zeolite is used to purify pharmaceuticals and filter pollutants. Zeolite-Y is most commonly used to refine crude oil into finished products like gasoline.

Fun Fact

• Synthetic zeolites can be precisely manufactured to filter tiny molecules by specific properties like size, shape and saturation.