Natural zeolites form where volcanic rocks and ash layers react with alkaline groundwater.
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This resulted ( according to both Deffeyes and John McPhee ) in the founding of the natural zeolite industry.
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"' Clinoptilolite "'is a natural zeolite comprising a microporous arrangement of silica and alumina tetrahedra.
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This hygroscopic property coupled with an inherent exothermic ( energy releasing ) reaction when transitioning from a dehydrated to a hydrated form make natural zeolites useful in harvesting waste heat and solar heat energy.
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Further development of this approach led to a new direction in NMR spectroscopy associated with the problems of heterostructured systems such as highly porous crystals and minerals, metal organic sorbents, biopolymers, etc . Having deep knowledge of various sorbents'properties, he succeeded in attracting the attention of Soviet authorities to natural zeolites as a means to overcome the consequences of Chernobyl accident in 1986.