BEAR RIVER ZEOLITE

  
email: tfl3543@blackfoot.net

BEAR RIVER ZEOLITE CO., INC.
4005 East Glendale Road
Preston, ID 83263

tel: 406-827-3523
fax: 406-827-3543

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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

  • Mineral: Volcanic mineral called "clinoptilolite" (see spec sheet)
     

  • Size: 14 x 40, 30 x 60, -40.
     

  • GRAS: Classified as “GRAS” (generally regarded as safe) under21 CFR Part 182.2729, 40 CFR Part 180.1001
     

  • Color: Pale green when dry, dark green when wet
     

  • Moisture: Holds up to 55% of its weight in water
     

  • Surface Area: High surface area 24.9 square meters/gram
     

  • CEC: High cation exchange capacity (CEC), allows it to absorb cations such as ammonium, heavy metals such as lead, zinc, copper, silver, and radioactive nuclides such as isotopes of cesium and strontium into its crystal lattice.
     

  • Weight: 55 pounds per cubic foot
     

  • Hydrophilic
     

USES

BRZ™ can be used to absorb and deodorize fluids including oil, gasoline, possibly methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's), alcohol, water, and a wide variety of other organic and inorganic fluids. It is effective for the removal of certain heavy metals such as silver, mercury, nickel, chrome, cobalt, antimony, arsenic, etc., and various cations such as ammonium from water and other fluids. BRZ™ can also be used to separate ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, methane, oxygen, and nitrogen from gas streams. BRZ™ is used for the containment of low-level radioactive waste from water and for the containment of radio nuclides. It has been found to be effective on various radioactive isotopes of strontium and cesium.
             

APPLICATIONS

  • FLOOR CLEAN-UP

Shops, service stations, airports, refineries, machine shops, petroleum transfer stations. Material is spread on the floor and then swept up.

  • MARINE OIL SPILLS

Fine particle BRZ™ can be airdropped or pneumatically spread over marine oil spills. The BRZ™ causes the oil to coagulate where it can be more efficiently "skimmed." Alternatively, the coagulated mass will sink. At this point, bacteria (that can be added to the zeolite) will convert the oil to a safe compound or alternatively the coagulated zeolite with the oil maybe environmentally stable.

  • KITTY LITTER

BRZ™ is much more effective than clay absorbents currently being used for kitty litter, because the BRZ™ ties up the ammonium, the cause of the odor, in the crystal structure (the cation exchange position). The kitty litter can then be recycled to the garden or lawn as an ammoniated soil amendment.

  • HORSE STALL FRESHENER

A thin layer of BRZ™ is placed in the horse stall area to absorb ammonium and de-moisturize the manure to retard the development of fly larvae. It is then recycled as an ammoniated soil amendment on lawns and gardens.

  • ANIMAL CAGES

A thin layer of BRZ™   is used in animal cages to deodorize and de-moisturize animal waste. It is then recycled as an ammoniated soil amendment for plants, lawns, and gardens.

  • SEWAGE TREATMENT, PLANT CLEAN-UP, AND ODOR CONTROL

BRZ™ can effectively remove odor forming gases such as ammonia and hydrogen sulfide generated
by sewage treatment plants and industrial plants.

  • SOUR NATURAL GAS TREATMENT

BRZ™ removes hydrogen sulfide from sour gas.

  •  HEAVY METAL REMOVAL FROM INDUSTRIAL PLANT EFFLUENT AND MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEMS

Heavy metals are removed by cation exchange.

  • NUCLEAR REMEDIATION CONTAMINATED AREAS AND PLANTS

Clinoptilolite has successfully removed and contained 137Cs and 90Sr radioactive isotopes. It has been used to remove them from potable water, milk and dairy products, the human body, animal feed, polluted clothes, and other items. It has also been used for engineered barriers to prevent leakage of radioactive water, for the removal and treatment of radioactive soils, and various other applications.

  • OILFIELD REMEDIATION

BRZ™ can be used to clean up spills around drilling rigs, pumps, pipelines and locations in oilfields.

  • ACID MINE DRAINAGE

For the removal of heavy metals.

  • FEED LOTS

For the removal of ammonium and gaseous odors and to prevent groundwater pollution.

  • SMELTER SLAGS, METAL CONTAMINATED BLAST SANDS, METAL PLATING SLUDGE, METAL CONTAMINATED SOILS, LEACH RESIDUES, BATTERY WASTE

For the removal of heavy metals.

BASIC PRINCIPLES

BRZ™ has two methods of holding spills. The first method is by "absorption." It will absorb up to 60% of its weight in water or other liquids. The second method is by "cation exchange" (measured as cation exchange capacity or "CEC").  By this method, the BRZ™ holds heavy metals and certain cations such as ammonium in the crystal structure where they are not water-soluble. It is by this method that BRZ™ is able to pass TCLP tests for certain heavy metals.
 

ADVANTAGES OF BRZ™

  • Compared to other domestic zeolites, BRZ™ has a higher CEC that allows it to hold more heavy metals and cations; contains low sodium, contains 3.5% potassium, and has a clinoptilolite content of 80 to 90%.
     

  • BRZ™ that has been used to clean certain organics such as feedlots can be used as a soil amendment.