chabazite

(ˈkæbəˌzaɪt)

(Minerals) a pink, white, or colourless zeolite mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate of calcium, sodium, potassium, and aluminium in hexagonal crystalline form. Formula: Ca2Al2Si4O12.6H2O

[C19: from French chabazie from Late Greek khabazios, erroneous for khalazios stone similar to a hailstone, from Greek khalazios of hail, from khalaza hailstone + -ite¹]

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chabazite - a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum

chabasite

zeolite - any of a family of glassy minerals analogous to feldspar containing hydrated aluminum silicates of calcium or sodium or potassium; formed in cavities in lava flows and in plutonic rocks

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Ferretti G, Keiblinger KM, Di Giuseppe D, Faccini B, Colombani N, Zechmeister-Boltenstern S, Coltorti M, Mastrocicco M (2018) Shortterm response of soil microbial biomass to different chabazite zeolite amendments.

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Karakaya, "Use of chabazite, a naturally abundant zeolite, for the investigation of the adsorption kinetics and mechanism of methylene blue dye," Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, vol.

Kinetic Study of the Bioadsorption of Methylene Blue on the Surface of the Biomass Obtained from the Algae D. antarctica

Ideal solid solution endmembers: (a) Ca- beidellite, Ca-nontronite, Mg-beidellite, Mg-nontronite, K-beidellite, K-nontronite, Na-beidellite, and Na-nontronite; bCa-saponite, Fe-saponite, Mg- saponite, K-saponite, and Na-saponite; (c) Camontmorillonite, Mg-montmorillonite, K-montmorillonite, and Na-montmorillonite; and (d) Ca- chabazite and Na-chabazite.

Fluid Chemistry of Mid-Ocean Ridge Hydrothermal Vents: A Comparison between Numerical Modeling and Vent Geochemical Data

Analcime was found in saline lakes and terrestrial sediments in warm, rather arid regions, frequently associated with phillipsite, chabazite and natrolite [19].

Organic geochemical study of the upper layer of Aleksinac oil shale in the Dubrava block, Serbia

There are many species of zeolites, such as Analcime, Chabazite, Clinoptilolite, Faujasite, Ferrierite, Heulandite, Laumontite, Mordenite.

Zeolites in poultry and swine production/Zeolitas na producao de aves e suinos

Chabazite zeolites were prepared and exchanged with alkali cations: Li, Na, K and alkaline-earth cations: Mg, Ca, Ba.

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