Jaxon - Model Earth SorB - Lightweight, Porous, Non Swelling Clay Media
A Lightweight, Porous, Non Swelling Clay Media with a Complex chemical formulation of Magnesium and Alumina Silica forming spear like structures. AKA Sepiolite and Palygorskite is excellent filtration and clarification properties for Petroleum based fluids and Gases.
THE MINERALS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MAGNESITE (MAGNESIUM CARBONATE), THE PRIMITIVE SOURCE OF BOTH MINERALS BEING A SERPENTINE.
Sepiolite is a non-swelling, lightweight, porous clay. Unlike other clays, the individual particles of Sepiolite have a needle-like shape. The high surface area as expressed in M2/gm. and porosity, as well as the unusual particle shape of this clay accounts for outstanding colloidal properties and reinforcing characteristics. This valuable material is applied in a wide range of industrial applications. Chemically, Sepiolite is a hydrated magnesium silicate. Its structure can be described as chain-like, producing needlelike particles instead of plate-like particles of other common clays. There is little negative charge on the crystal lattice resulting in low cation exchange capacity.
The Alumina and Magnesium structures form octahedral oxygen and hydroxyl groups containing Al and Mg ions in a chainlike inverted structure. These inverted tetrahedral occur regularly and cause channels through the structure. Giving the clay a high surface area unlike many commonly used materials