Understanding the structure-propagated compression and decompression of zeolites: continuation

Zeolites are incredibly useful porous aluminosilicate materials. We use them both domestically (pool water purification, washing powders, pet litter, odor removal, water removal) and industrially (heterogeneous catalysts, water and soil purification). Zeolites have a very open structure with pores and channels running through making them accessible for reactions and reactants, small molecules and gases. The framework is made of silica and alumina tetrahedra, which are connected through oxygens. These tetrahedra can move one against another, which makes the framework very flexible. When zeolite are compressed, because of this flexibility there might be different ways in which the framework would move: it can either fold or become rigid and brake.This is what we want to study - hoe the framework will react under pressure.