Abstract: The present invention relates to a new chiral zeolite material of composition a SiO2:b GeO2:c X2O3:d YO2, with an ITV structure, prepared with a specific chiral organic structure-directing agent, (1S,2S)—N-ethyl-N-methyl-pseudoephedrine or its enantiomer, (1R,2R)—N-ethyl-N-methyl-pseudoephedrine, which means that the material is rich in one of the crystalline forms; a method whereby said material is obtained, and the use thereof in adsorption and catalysis processes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound material consisting of a natural zeolite having calcium as an exchangeable cation, in which hydroxyapatite on a nanometric scale is grown in a controlled manner on the surface thereof; to the method by which said compound material is obtained; and to the use thereof for removing fluoride from water in order to make same drinkable. As a result of the aforementioned special characteristics of hydroxyapatite crystals, said material has a very high intrinsic capacity (based on the weight of hydroxyapatite) for removing fluoride. This capacity, combined with the low cost and ease of access to the materials used for preparing same, and with the straightforward nature of the method, means that said material is the perfect candidate for removing fluoride from water having high levels of this contaminant.

Abstract: The present disclosure comprises a new method for hydrothermal synthesis of ferrierite zeolite, using tetramethylammonium and benzylmethylpyrrodlidine as directional structure agents, and does not require a subsequent process in order to obtain the acid form of the material. This aspect is very important as it avoids subject treatments of calcination and successive interchanges which degrade the structure of the zeolite. The synthetic ferrierite obtained by means disclosed processes has uses in catalytic processes of transformation of hydrocarbons, such as cracking, isomerization, alkylation, and polymerization. Specifically, it can be used in the isomerization of butene to isobutene. To be used in catalytic processes, the zeolite ferrierite must be heated in an oxidant atmosphere in conditions such that the organic material occluded in the interior is eliminated.