“…Currently, zeolites were synthesized from different natural sources, such as clay, kaolin, fly ash, coal, natural oxide, bauxite, feldspar, activated carbon, and other silica sources [19][20][21]. Zeolites, synthesized from natural sources, have highly porous cavities in their structure, high ionic exchange capacity, large specific surface area, low cost, and hydrophilic in nature [3,18,22]. For instance, the cost comparison of obtaining a silica and alumina source from a chemical feedstock and kaolin/metakaolin has been carried out, and the result shows that zeolite A synthesized from clay has a comparative cost advantage of 15% over a commercial chemical such as sodium silicate [1,3,15].…”