Jordanian Natural Zeolite Tuff As An Ion Exchanger For Water Softening

Abstract

Jordanian zeolitized tuff found in NE part of jordan contains 25% to 55% zeolite mainly as philipsite . when the zeolite tuff was examined as a water softener for Jordainan hard water , it was proved to be effective and stable under normal operation conditions (25C and 1 atm pressure). A comparison between this zeolitized tuff and the synthetic resin ,Cullex , shows that the resin is a more effective water softwner in many factors such as , exchange efficiency and capacity .