Sodium aluminosilicate
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| IUPACName = aluminum sodium dioxido(oxo)silane
| OtherNames = {{Unbulleted list|Aluminosilicic acid|aluminum sodium silicate}}
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| SMILES = [O-] [Si](=O)[O-].[O-] [Si](=O)[O-].[Na+].[Al+3]
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Sodium aluminosilicate refers to compounds which contain sodium, aluminium, silicon and oxygen, and which may also contain water. These include synthetic amorphous sodium aluminosilicate, a few naturally occurring minerals and synthetic zeolites. Synthetic amorphous sodium aluminosilicate is widely used as a food additive, E 554.
Amorphous sodium aluminosilicate
This substance is produced with a wide range of compositions and has many different applications. It is encountered as an additive E 554 in food where it acts as an anticaking (free flow) agent. As it is manufactured with a range of compositions it is not strictly a chemical compound with a fixed stoichiometry.[http://www.chem.unep.ch/irptc/sids/oecdsids/Silicates.pdf United Nations Environment Programme] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331011523/http://www.chem.unep.ch/irptc/sids/oecdsids/Silicates.pdf |date=2010-03-31 }} One supplier quotes a typical analysis for one of their products as 14SiO2·Al2O3·Na2O·3H2O,(Na2Al2Si14O32·3H2O).[http://www.rhodia-silicas.com/markets/datasheets/T17.pdf Solvay link no longer works]
The US FDA has as of April 1, 2012 approved sodium aluminosilicate (sodium silicoaluminate) for direct contact with consumable items under 21 CFR 182.2727.{{cite web|title=Sec. 182.2727 Sodium aluminosilicate.|url=https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=182.2727|publisher=U.S. Food and Drug Administration|access-date=10 December 2012|date=1 April 2012}} Sodium aluminosilicate is used as molecular sieve in medicinal containers to keep contents dry.
Sodium aluminosilicate may also be listed as:
- aluminium sodium salt
- sodium silicoaluminate
- aluminosilicic acid, sodium salt
- sodium aluminium silicate
- aluminum sodium silicate
- sodium silico aluminate
- sasil
As a problem in industrial processes
The formation of sodium aluminosilicate makes the Bayer process uneconomical for bauxites high in silica.{{cn|date=September 2023}}
Minerals sometimes called sodium aluminosilicate
Naturally occurring minerals that are sometimes given the chemical name sodium aluminosilicate include albite (NaAlSi3O8, an end-member of the plagioclase series) and jadeite (NaAlSi2O6).{{cn|date=September 2023}}
Synthetic zeolites sometimes called sodium aluminosilicate
Synthetic zeolites have complex structures and examples (with structural formulae) are:
- Na12Al12Si12O48·27H2O, zeolite A (Linde type A sodium form, NaA), used in laundry detergentsAlan Dyer, (1994),Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry, ed R. Bruce King, John Wiley & Sons, {{ISBN|0-471-93620-0}}
- Na16Al16Si32O96·16H2O, Analcime, IUPAC code ANA
- Na12Al12Si12O48·q H2O, Losod"Formation and Properties of Losod, a New Sodium Zeolite", Werner Sieber, Walter M. Meie Helvetica Chimica Acta, Volume 57 Issue 6, pp. 1533–1549, 10.1002/hlca.19740570608
- Na384Al384Si384O1536·518H2O, Linde type N