Environmentally-friendly animal litter
AssigneeCeramatec, Inc.
InventorsChett Boxley, Jessica McKelvie
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Abstract
An animal litter composition that includes geopolymerized ash particulates having a network of repeating aluminum-silicon units is described herein. Generally, the animal litter is made from a quantity of a pozzolanic ash mixed with an alkaline activator to initiate a geopolymerization reaction that forms geopolymerized ash. This geopolymerization reaction may occur within a pelletizer. After the geopolymerized ash is formed, it may be dried and sieved to a desired size. These geopolymerized ash particulates may be used to make a non-clumping or clumping animal litter or other absorbing material. Aluminum sulfate, clinoptilolite, silica gel, sodium alginate and mineral oil may be added as additional ingredients.
Claims3
An animal litter composition comprising:
- geopolymerized ash particulates having a network of repeating aluminum-silicon units, wherein the geopolymerized ash particulates have a sieve size that is between about a 50 sieve and a −6 sieve, wherein the geopolymerized ash particulates are formed from a pozzolanic ask wherein the geopolymerized ash particulates have been dried.
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