Aluminosilicate
Mineral with elements Al, Si and O / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about a class of minerals. For related neutral compounds composed solely of aluminium, silicon and oxygen, see Aluminium silicate.
Aluminosilicate refers to materials containing anionic Si-O-Al linkages. Commonly, the associate cations are sodium (Na+), potassium (K+) and protons (H+). Such materials occur as minerals and as synthetic materials, often in the form of zeolites. Both synthetic and natural aluminosilicates are of technical significance as structural materials, catalysts, and reagents.