Justin Mitchell Clino + Barium sulfate Clinoptilolite Zeolite has been used for radioactive wastewater treatment for years Due to differences in what is termed the " valence state", cesium and strontium have been difficult to remove during... Mar 7, 2024
Justin Mitchell California Wastewater in the Billions of Gallons In the state of California, where fresh water has been a topic of sharp discussion for many years, billions of gallons of wastewater are dumped annually. In 2019 nearly 100 billion gallons of wastewat... Wastewater Jan 10, 2024
Justin Mitchell Binding and Inactivating Coronavirus with Clinoptilolite Natural zeolites are known to bind various bacteria and viruses. Researchers hypothesised that clinoptilolite can also bind members of the Coro... Jul 26, 2023
Justin Mitchell Powerful Landfill-Safe Absorbent Saturated zeolites that are loaded with toxic heavy metals should be considered as eco-friendly compounds that can be landfilled. The loaded zeolite has high leaching resistance preventing easy releas... Dec 27, 2022
Justin Mitchell Reducing Climate Change with Natural Zeolite in Concrete Calculating the total environmental impact of concrete with and without natural zeolite as a Portland cement replacement. A joint research team from the University of Mazandaran (Iran) and the Massach... Climate Change Concrete Environment Natural Zeolite Aug 25, 2022
Justin Mitchell Controlling Nitrogen with Clinoptilolite With skyrocketing prices on the fertilizer market, and record high contamination levels in runoff from soil leaching, solutions for fixing nutrients in the root zone are of paramount importance. The p... Agriculture Ammonium Clinoptilolite Natural Zeolite Nitrogen Soil Aug 15, 2022
Justin Mitchell Improved Bioretention & Nitrogen Removal with Natural Zeolite In most places water that enters a storm drain will go directly to a local body of water, it generally does not get treated at a wastewater plant. That means all those toxic pollutants that are swept ... Clinoptilolite Nitrogen Soil Stormwater Aug 5, 2022
Justin Mitchell Removing Heavy Metal Contamination in Wastewater Using Clinoptilolite Zeolite Most inks and dyes used in the printing industry contain trace heavy metals. These elements, when released into the environment during manufacturing, pose severe health risks to humans and wildlife. T... Absorption Clinoptilolite Heavy Metals Wastewater Aug 3, 2022
Justin Mitchell Methane Mitigation Technology Using Natural Zeolite Researchers at MIT are studying ways to utilize natural zeolite to break down methane and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Methane emissions are a serious global issue, and though it's hard to accur... Filtration Methane Natural Zeolite Aug 1, 2022
Justin Mitchell Natural Zeolite Pozzolan Comparison A recent study published this comparison of clinoptilolite zeolite against silica fume, fly ash, and a non-zeolitic natural pozzolan. The results are very interesting. Clinoptilolite is the most commo... Cement Clinoptilolite Concrete Natural Zeolite Pozzolan Jul 28, 2022
Justin Mitchell Ancient Zeolite Water Purification System Discovered About two thousand years ago in North America the Mayan people in what is now Mexico were already using large-scale sophisticated water filtration systems using natural zeolite. A zeolite filtration s... Natural Zeolite Water Filtration Jul 26, 2022
Justin Mitchell Clinoptilolite as Support for Bacterial Community Formation in Wastewater Treatment A recent study investigated the use of natural zeolite as a microbial support media in wastewater treatment. Using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and other techniques, a team of researchers in Ro... Clinoptilolite Wastewater Zeolite Jul 25, 2022
