“…The raw materials providing alumina are varied. They can be aluminum hydroxide [ 18 , 21 , 23 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 32 ], sodium aluminate [ 20 , 22 , 23 , 29 , 30 ], aluminum [ 24 , 29 , 30 ], and aluminum salts [ 19 , 22 ]. The use of aluminum hydroxide was the most common way to produce pure clinoptilolite that could be obtained, while the use of aluminum salts was not preferred because it produced impurities.…”