The invention discloses a self-forming A-type
molecular sieve foam material taking rectorite as a
raw material as well as a preparation method and application thereof, and belongs to the field of green synthesis of
molecular sieve foam materials. The preparation method comprises the following steps: 1)
grinding and sieving rectorite to obtain rectorite
powder, and calcining at 950-1000 DEG C for 2-4 hours to prepare activated rectorite
powder as a
solid-phase
raw material; and 2) mixing the
solid-phase
raw material and an alkaline activator according to a
mass ratio of (0.82-1.13): 1, fully and uniformly stirring, adding a
seed crystal inducer, then adding a
foaming agent, uniformly stirring, pouring into a mold, sealing, and crystallizing to obtain the self-forming A-type
molecular sieve foam material. According to the invention, only the
natural mineral rectorite is utilized, no chemical
reagent is added as a
silicon-aluminum source, the self-forming A-type molecular
sieve foam without a binder is obtained, and when the foam is used as an adsorbent, the problems of pore channel blockage, molecular
sieve effective site
dilution, guest molecule transmission limitation and the like can be effectively avoided.