Many reactions catalyzed by zeolites are of the positive carbon ion type, and the reactions occur via positive carbon ion intermediates. Zeolites also have considerable catalytic activity for some free radical reactions and oxidation-reduction reactions.

Zeolite is the general name of zeolite family minerals, a kind of shelf-like aqueous aluminosilicate minerals, the common ones are plagioclase, filamentous zeolite, rhodochrosite, grossular zeolite and sheet zeolite, etc. They have unique ion exchange, ion exchange, catalytic, thermal stability and acid resistance, etc. They are widely used in the fields of building materials, environmental protection, ion exchange, catalytic cracking, daily light industry, petrochemical industry, agriculture and animal husbandry, paper making and plastics, etc.