Aluminosilicate

Name:
Aluminosilicate
Detailed information:
A compound of aluminum silicate with metal oxides or other radicals.

Use:

Catalyst in refining petroleum, to soften water, and in detergents. The sodium compound, Na12[(AlO2)12(SiO2)12]xH2O, is typical.

See Zeolite; Molecular Sieve.