The current production of zeolites from natural sources requires high temperatures to achieve a phase change in the feedstock materials. Thermal processes such as calcination are energy-consuming and industry relies on fossil fuels generate necessary heat, which is neither sustainable nor environmental. This study presents for first time treatment aluminosilicate clay kaolin solar reactor produ...

An optical absorption (OA) band of interstitial dichlorine monoxide molecules with peak at 4.7 eV and halfwidth 0.94 is identified in F2 laser - irradiated (photon energy=7.9 eV) synthetic silica glass bearing both O2 Cl2 molecules. Alongside intrinsic defects, this OA can contribute to solarization glasses produced from SiCl4. While the formation ClClO confirmed by its Raman signature, structu...