GB2053880A - Improvements in and relating to zeolites - Google Patents

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GB2053880A
GB2053880A GB8022826A GB8022826A GB2053880A GB 2053880 A GB2053880 A GB 2053880A GB 8022826 A GB8022826 A GB 8022826A GB 8022826 A GB8022826 A GB 8022826A GB 2053880 A GB2053880 A GB 2053880A
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    • C11ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
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By using an ethyl acrylate/methacrylic acid copolymer instead of the prior art polyacrylic acid stabilizer it is possible to obtain highly stable zeolite suspensions in water with less stabilizer and a higher concentration of zeolite. The copolymer may have a molecular weight of 10<5>-10<8> and the suspension may have a viscosity of 100-3500 centipoises. A suitable copolymer may contain about 35% by weight of methacrylic acid; the sodium salt of the copolymer may be used.

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SPECIFICATION Improvements in and relating to zeolites This invention relates to stabilized suspensions of zeolites in water.
British patent 1,529,713 discloses that, by dissolving a polymer of acrylic acid in deionized water and subsequently adding a zeolite, stable suspensions are obtained, which can be stored without sedimentation and have a viscosity sufficiently iow for transference and pumping even after long storing periods. From the same patent it can be inferred that the amount of stabilizer should range from 0.5 to 6% by weight in respect of the suspension, and that the molecular weight of the stabilizer should be relatively low; in fact a molecular weight of about 20,000 is suggested for the polyacrylic acid.
However, the stabilizer amounts indicated in the above-mentioned patent are anything but negligible.
It is an object of this invention to enable the preparation of stable suspensions of zeolites in water, having good rheological properties, by using very small amounts of stabilizer; further objects will clearly appear from the following description.
Broadly, this invention concerns stable suspensions of zeolites in water, endowed with good rheological properties, characterized by the presence of amounts of from 0.01 to 0.50%, preferably of from 0.05 to 0.20% by weight, with respect to the suspension, of a stabilizer consisting of a copolymer of ethylate with methacrylic acid, having a molecular weight ranging from 105 to 108, preferably from 500,000 to 106, and of amounts of anhydrous zeolite varying from 42 to 56% preferably from 48 to 54% by weight, with respect to the suspension.
As stabilizer it is possible to use the copolymer as such, or the product obtained by neutralizing the copolymer with caustic soda, i.e. the sodium salt.
It is remarkable that, by using the particular copolymer and quite high amounts of zeolite, the suspensions are more stable and less viscous, although the amount of stabilizer is much lower than hitherto employed.
The stable suspensions according to this invention may contain up to 70% by weight of zeolite 4A, of the general formula: Na20.AI203.2SiO2-4-5H2o corresponding to 56% by weight of anhydrous zeolite. The presence of the stabilizers according to the invention permits adjustment in a particularly simple way of the viscosity of the suspensions and therefore their rheolical characteristic during, transfer, storage, pumping and spray-drying operations.
Generally the viscosity of the suspensions according to this invention is between 100 and 3500 centipoises. Due to their high stability the suspensions according to this invention can be stored and transported by conventional tank cars, without formation of deposits which are difficult to re-disperse in the fluid part of the suspension. They can be used very advantageously for preparing products to be employed in water-softening and in particular for detergent formulations.
The stable suspensions according to the present invention can be prepared by various methods; for example it is possible first to add the stabilizer in aqueous solution and then the zeolite; or it is possible to synthesize the zeolite as an aqueous suspension, starting from aqueous soiutions of sodium aluminate and sodium silicate as described, for example, in our patent application 80/02858, and then directly to add the stabilizer to the wet zeolite discharged from the centrifuges, which would normally have been fed to a drying stage; if the amount of water is not sufficient for the desired purpose, it is merely necessary to add more. This procedure offers the great advantage of avoiding the drawbacks associated with powder handling. The alkalinity of the suspensions, generally from pH 11 to 13, does not affect the degree of stability.
The following Examples illustrate how the present invention may be carried into effect, without being however a limitation of the wider aspects thereof. In particular, although the Examples are all concerned with zeolites of type 4A, the invention is successfully applicable also to other types of zeolite and in particular to mixtures of zeolites of type 4A and of type X. The particle size of the zeolites for the suspensions according to this invention should be less than 100 ,um, preferably less than 30 ,um and, even better, less than 1 5 ,um.
EXAMPLES 1 to 5 At room temperature a stabilizer as described below was dissolved in deionized water (except in the case of comparative Example 1), whereupon a selected sample of zeolite A was added whilst stirring and at room temperature; the resulting suspension was kept stirred until homogenization was complete.
It was then allowed to stand at a temperature ranging from 20 to 250C in a vertical cylinder having a diameter of about 3 cm and filled to a height of 1 20 mm. Finally, the stability of the suspension was evaluated by application of the formula: (H-h) S= x100 H wherein S is the empirical degree of stability, H is the height of the suspension in the tank (120 mm) and h is the height of the decanted sediment layer at the conclusion of the test; when h =0, the maximum stability is attached (S = 100%). In the various tests different types of zeolite A were employed, which had been obtained according to the method described in our patent application 80/02853.
The characteristics of the zeolites utilized in these Examples and in those that follow were: ZEOLlTEA/l Formula: Na2O.Al2O3.2SiO2.4.5H2O; crystallinity: 100% (determined by X-ray analysis). Exchange power 172 mg of CaO per gram of anhydrous zeolite (determination carried out according to the method described in our patent application 80/02853 and which comprises stirring the zeolite suspension in a CaCI2 solution for 15 minutes at 22 + 20 C).
Granulometry: (determined in a Coulter Counter) Size of the Particles Amounts of the particles > 15 m 1.0% > 10 m 2.0% > 8 m 3.0% > 6,um 6.5% > 4 m 35.0% > 2 m 97.0% ZEOLITE A/II Formula and crystallinity: see Zeolite A/I; exchange power: 173.5 mg of CaO/g.
Granulometry: Size of the Particles Amounts of the Particles > 15ym 1% > 10 m 2% > 8,um 3% > 6,um 5% > 4 ym 32% > ym 85% ZEOLITE Aglil Formula and crystallinity: see Zeolite A/I; exchange power: 176 mg of CaO/g.
Granulometry: Size of the Particles Amounts of the Particles > 15y 0% > 10 m 1.5% > 8 ym 2.5% > 6 m 10.0% > 4 m 65.0% > m 98.5% As stabilizers the followina were used: (a) a first copolymer, designated PA2, in which the ethyl acrylate/methacrylic acid ratio was 65/35 by weight, and the intrinsic viscosity of the copolymer (dissolved in dimethylformamide) was 1.1 5, corresponding to a molecular weight higher than 500,000; (b) a second copolymer, designated PAl , obtained by neutralizing with caustic soda an aqueous 30% suspension of PA2, to a pH of 9 to 10.
In all the Examples the stabilizer was added as an aqueous 30% w/w suspension calculated as nonneutralized copolymer. Data and results are set out in Table I, together with those for the succeeding Examples 6-10. The viscosities of the suspensions were determined by means of a BROOKFIELD rotational viscosimeter.
TABLE 1
Initial viscosity Final stability of the Stabilizer Zeolite Delonized suspension (H-h) x 100 water (centipoise S= H Ex. Type g Type g (grams) at 25 C) Test period 1 absent - A/I 60 40 50 5 days 75% (*) 2 PA.1 0,09 " 60 40 100 1 days 98.5% 3 PA 1 0,09 " 60 40 100 7 days 96% 4 PA 1 0,24 " 60 40 720 12 " 100% 5 PA 2 0,24 " 60 40 800 12 " 100% 6 PA 2 0,10 A/II 62 38 240 4 days 99.5% 7 PA 2 0,10 " 62 38 240 12 days 97.5% 8 PA 2 0,20 " 62 38 1600 12 " 100% 9 PA 2 2(**) A/III 620 380 1480 12 " 100% 10 PA 2 2(**) " 620 380 1480 2 months 97.5% (*) The sedimentation layer appears as a consistent mass, absolutely not transferable by means of conventional pumps.
(**) = 0.20%.
EXAMPLES 6 to 10 A critical variant was introduced to the parameters of the preceding Examples: instead of adding the zeolite to the water, already mixed with the stabilizer, the zeolite was first dispersed in deionized water, whilst stirring, and then, with continued stirring, the predetermined amount of stabilizer was added. The encouraging results, set out out in Table I, suggest the possibility of directly using wet zeolite masses discharged from the zeolite production line, so avoiding drying operations: the actual realization of success in such a precedure is established by the following Examples.
EXAMPLE 11 20 kg of an aqueous dispersion of zeolite A/Ill having pH 11.5 and derived directly from a zeolite synthesis plant, without any drying step, were used as raw material.The dispersion contained about 46% by weight of water (including the crystallization water of the zeolite) and 54% by weight of an anhydrous zeolite (residue after calcination at 8000 C). 40 g of stabilizer PA2 (0.20% by weight referred to the suspension) were then added whilst stirring, the suspension was homogenized and the stability was evaluated after a long dwell; the suspension exhibited an initial viscosity of 1,560 centipoises (at 250 C) and a final stability, after 12 days, of 100%.
EXAMPLES 12 to 17 Examples 8 and 11 were repeated but subsequently causing the stabilizer-containing suspension to sediment at different temperatures and for different times, so obtaining the following results:
Final Stability (H - H) Ex. No. Temperature Test Period S= x 100 H 12 (*) 39 C 3 days 98.5% 13 (*) 39 C 12 " 98.5% 14 (**) 39 C 12 " 100% 15 (*) 8 C 3 days 98.5% 16 (*) 8 C 12 " 98.5% 17 (**) 8 C 12 " 100% (*) = repetition of Example 8 (**) = repetition of Example 11

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1. Stable aqueous suspensions of zeolites containing amounts of from 0.01 to 0.05% by weight, based on the suspension, of an ethyl acrylate/methacrylic acid copolymer stabilizer, and amounts of zeolite ranging from 42 to 56%, by weight, based on the suspension and calculated as the anhydrous zeolite.
2. Suspensions according to Claim 1, in which the stabilizer is added as an aqueous suspension.
3. Suspensions according to Claim 1 or 2, in which the intrinsic viscosity of the copolymer, determined in dimethyl-formamide solutions, is 1.1 to 1.2.
4. Suspensions according to Claim 1 or 2, in which the molecular weight of the copolymer ranges from 100,000 to 106
5. Suspensions according to any foregoing Claim, having a viscosity of from 100 to 3,500 centipoises.
6. Suspensions according to any foregoing Claim in which 0.05% to 0.20% by weight of the copolymer is present.
7. Suspensions according to any foregoing Claim in which 48% to 54% by weight of the zeolite is present.
8. Suspensions according to any foregoing Claim in which the molecular weight of the copolymer is from 500,000 to 108.
9. Suspensions according to any foregoing Claim having a viscosity or 500 to 2,000 cent@poses
10. Suspensions according to any foregoing Claim having pH of 11 to 13.
11. Suspensions according to any foregoing Claim in which the zeolite is of type 4a, with a granulometric modulation index of or higher than 80.
12. Suspensions according to claim 11 in which the zeolite coarse fraction is 3% or less.
13. Suspensions according to any of Claims 1-10 in which the zeolite is a mixture of zeolites 4A and X.
14. Suspensions according to any of the foregoing Claims in which the copolymer stablizer is used in the form of a sodium salt.
15. Suspensions according to Claim 1, substantially as described in any of the foregoing Examples 2-11.
16. A method for the preparation of a suspension according to any of the foregoing Claims in which the wet zeolite masses discharged from a production line are fed directly to a vessel or vessels for the preparation of the suspension without intermediate drying and optionally after dilution with water.
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