how does zeolite work?
Say goodbye to acid neutralizers, aeration, chemical water softeners and salt, activated charcoal, reverse osmosis and more. Jen-Loc's zeolite filter systems are the ONE solution to common – and not-so-common – water problems.
What is Zeolite and how does it work?
Zeolite was formed 3 to 30 million years ago when particularly violent volcanic eruptions deposited enormous amounts of ash containing aluminosilicates of alkaline and alkaline earth. Some of the wind borne ash settled to form thick ash beds, where it can be found and utilized today.
They look like grains of sand. Zeolite can remove particles in the range of 4 engstrom of molecular size — the contaminants we are removing are that small! Granular activated charcoal (GAC) can only do 1,200. One gram of our zeolite has the filtering capacity of 50 yards square. If you were able to flatten all of the surface area that is unheard of and unmatched!
Zeolite encapsulates contaminants — never letting them go, hyper-adsorbed into each crystalline grain. As a result, the spent filtering media is non-hazardous and can be safety disposed or repurposed in agricultural or construction applications.
Not all zeolite is created equal!
Characteristics of each zeolite deposit will vary due to the circumstances of its formation. The zeolite outcrops that supply our filtration and adsorption needs are some of the largest and purist in North America. Our product line is one base media with a series of variations from water filtration to spill cleanup.
Natural electro-static attraction is the secret.
Positive (+) is attracted to negative (-). It’s that simple.
All elements, man-made or natural, have an ionic charge. Contaminants with a (+) ionic charge are captured by the (-) ionic charged media, and vice versa. When you install Jen-Loc’s twin units, which have one positively and one negatively charged zeolite cartridge, you get the best of both worlds and remove all the containments. In areas of specific concern concentrations, we suggest doubling up the cartridge that would assist the most -this allows for the most contact time and ability to remove.
The green colored zeolite media is (-) negatively charged, the reddish colored is the (+) positively charged. They are actually the same base material, but the ionic polarity has been changed. Together these result in non-detectable or dramatically reduced levels of the contaminants we have thrown at them.
Quick reference to contaminants removed
POSITIVE (RED) CARTRIDGE
- Fluoride
- Chloride / Chlorate
- Sulfide / Sulfate / Sulfite
- Nitride / Nitrate / Nitrite
- Phosphide / Phosphate
- Arsenic / Arsenide
NEGATIVE (GREEN) CARTRIDGE
- Sodium
- Potassium
- Magnesium
- Calcium
- Aluminum
- Iron II & III
- Manganese II & III
- Copper I & II
- Ammonium
- Uranium IV & VI
- Radium
- Radon
- Arsenic III & IV
MICROBIOLOGICAL / VIRAL
These micro-biological and viral contaminants are trapped by virtue of their larger particle size. They simply cannot pass through the pore openings and get trapped within the first inches of either media cartridge.
- Total Coliform/E.coli Bacteria
- Cryptosporidium
- Giardia
- Cholera
- Dysentery
- Cysts
MAN-MADE CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS
These man-made chemical compounds are a mix of (-) and (+) charged ions. As they pass through the first cartridge, anything with a (-) charge is absorbed, the rest pass by until they reach the second cartridge where anything with a (+) charge is absorbed.
- Petrochemicals
- Hydrocarbons
- Diesel & Gas Range Organics
- MTBE
- VOC’s
- PCB’s
- PFOA/PFAS
- Pharmaceutical Discharge
- Commercial Waste Byproducts
- TriHaloMethanes from Chlorination