Mona Panahi - R&D Department, Paxan Corporation, Tehran, Iran
Mitra Khavei - R&D Department, Paxan Corporation, Tehran, Iran
Arefeh Kompany Saeid - R&D Department, Paxan Corporation, Tehran, Iran

Zeolites, especially zeolite A, have been widely employed as builders in several regions of the world and emerged as the preferred phosphate substitute for powder detergents. The aim of this study is to investigate the proper process parameters of synthesizing 4oA zeolite by hydrogel process (the mole ratio effect of Na2O /SiO2/Al2O3) and to characterize the synthesized material by means of XRD analysis, Ca exchange capacity, SEM, IR and atomic absorption spectroscopy.

4oA zeolite, Synthesis, XRD analysis