Pumice Characteristics and Their Utilization on the Synthesis of Mesoporous Minerals and on the Removal of Heavy Metals

Table 2

Physicochemical characteristics of the pumice and zeolite P₁.

Characteristics	Pumice	Zeolite P1
Slurry pH	6.0	9.0
pHPZC	5.0	8.0
Bulk density, g/cm^3	0.85	0.5
Moisture, %	1.0	1.0
, m^2/g	31	40
, cm^3/g	0.01	0.02
, Å	2.0	2.2