The application discloses a self-forming A-type
molecular sieve foam material taking attapulgite as
raw material and a preparation method and application thereof, and belongs to the field of green synthesis of
molecular sieve foam materials. The steps are as follows: 1)
grinding and sieving attapulgite to obtain attapulgite
powder, and then calcining the attapulgite
powder at 950-1000 DEG C for 2-4 hours to prepare
activated attapulgite powder as a
solid-phase
raw material; 2) mixing the
solid-phase
raw material with an alkaline activator according to a
mass ratio of 0.82-1.13:1, fully stirring and uniformly mixing, adding a
seed crystal inducer, then adding a
foaming agent, uniformly stirring, pouring into a mold, sealing, crystallizing, and obtaining the self-forming A-type
molecular sieve foam material. The application only uses
natural mineral attapulgite, does not add any chemical
reagent as a
silicon-aluminum source, obtains the self-forming A-type molecular
sieve foam without a binder, and can effectively avoid problems such as pore blockage,
dilution of effective molecular
sieve sites and limitation of guest molecule transmission when used as an adsorbent.