Which DAI Activated Aluminas, Silicas, and Other Products are Used for What Applications?
DAI produces the widest range of alumina in the industry for the widest range of applications. Many of DAI’s specialized aluminas are unique and are developed for specific applications. In addition, DAI’s ability to customize alumina for specific needs and applications and manufacture the highest quality Alumina in the industry makes it your top choice for assuring you have the alumina that will best meet your needs.
In the chart below are descriptions for many of the applications that can be optimized using DAI specialty products.
| Applications | Application Description | Recommended Products |
| AFLOTOXINS DETECTION | Food testing for safety | Polyamide and Silica Gel TLC Plates and Sheets |
| ALKALOIDS | Isolation from ergot, opium, rauwolfia, and other alkaloids | Alumina Basic, Alumina Medium Activity, Specialty Alumina |
| ANTIBIOTICS | Isolation, purification | DynaPharmaTM Pyrogen |
| ARSENIC REMOVAL | Removal of arsenite and arsenate | AL 5500 |
| ASCORBIC ALUMINA ACID SEPARATION FROM RELATED COMPOUNDS | Polyamide TLC | |
| BARBITURATES IN TOXICOLOGICAL SAMPLES | Substance abuse testing | Silica Gel TLC, Alumina Neutral |
| BENZPYRENE IN DIESEL EXHAUST | Alumina Neutral | |
| BENZODIAZEPINES IN DOPING CONTROLS | Substance abuse testing | Silica Gel F-TLC, TLC Plates Silica Gel |
| CANNABIS DETECTION | Substance abuse testing | TLC Sheets Silica Gel |
| CHLOROFORM FOR IR, ETC. | Alumina Basic, Standard Act. I | |
| CIS/TRANS ISOMERS SEPARATION | Alumina Acid, Silica Gel TLC | |
| COPPER | Dyna-AquaTM Copper | |
| FREE AND ESTERIFIED CHOLESTEROL IN ORGAN AND SERUM FATS | Alumina | |
| DECOLORIZATION | Removal of dyes, color and cleanup of water | AL 5005 |
| DEHYDRATION OF ORGANIC SOLVENTS, GAS AND LIQUID | Use in HPLC solvents, removal of moisture | Alumina Basic. highly active, DrysphereTM |
| DIOXIN | Dioxin Analysis | AL 5788 |
| ENZYMES | Purification | Alumina Neutral |
| ESSENTIAL OILS | Removal of terpenes | Alumina Basic, Alumina Neutral |
| ESTRIOL IN URINE | Substance abuse and female hormone characterization | Alumina Neutral, Alumina Super I |
| FATTY ALUMINA ACIDS/PLANT WAXES | Alumina Acid | |
| FLUORIDE | Dyna-AquaTM Fluoride | |
| GLYCOSIDES | Isolation of digitalis, strophantus, glycosides, etc. |
Alumina Neutral |
| HORMONES | Isolation and purification of synthetic products, of ketosteroids from Alumina Neutral materials. etc. | Alumina Neutral |
| HYDROCARBON SEPARATION BY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY | Alumina GSC | |
| INDANOL DERIVATIVES FOR PHARMACEUTICAL USE | Pharmaceutical production | Silica Gel, Polyamide |
| METHADONE AND REDUCTION PRODUCTS | Substance abuse testing | Alumina Basic TLC |
| PESTICIDES AND INSECTICIDES IDENTIFIED IN TISSUE & BLOOD | Alumina Super I, Alumina Basic, Silica Gel G-TLC, TLC Plates F254/366 | |
| KETOSTEROIDS IN URINE | Substance abuse testing | Alumina Neutral |
| LEAD REMOVAL | Cations from water | Dyna-AquaTM Lead 2000 for removal of lead from water Dyna-AquaTM Lead 5000 for removal of lead and other heavy metals from water |
| MORPHINE IN URINE | Substance abuse testing | Rapid Plates Silica Gel F254/366 |
| NUTRACEUTICALS | Taxanes and derivatives, baccatine, II derivatives, paclitaxel, derivatives, biomass etc. | Alumina Basic, Alumina Neutral, AL 2300 for biomass cleanup |
| OILS | Clarification of fatty oils, separation of fatty Alumina Acids | Alumina Basic |
| OIL REMOVAL | Removal of oil from sea water | Dyna-Aqua Oil SorbTM |
| PLANT EXTRACTION | Isolation of active substances | Alumina Basic, Alumina Neutral, Alumina Acid |
| PYROGEN REMOVAL FROM INJECTABLE AND INFUSION SOLUTIONS | Alumina Neutral | |
| ORGANIC SOLVENT DRYING | Alumina Basic, Alumina Neutral standard, Act. I and Alumina Super I | |
| ORGANIC SOLVENT PURIFICATION | For analytical and technical purposes | Alumina Basic, highly active |
| PCB REMOVAL | Remove from solvents, transformer oils | Alumina “C “, AL 5900 |
| PEROXIDE REMOVAL | From organic solvents | Alumina Basic, Alumina Act I and Alumina Super 1 |
| PROTEIN, POLYMER, BIOPOLYMER, AND VIRUS PURIFICATION | For large molecule isolation and purification | Requires wide pore specialty Alumina AL 5900 |
| PYROGEN REMOVAL | From injectable solutions and infusions | DynaPharmaTM Pyrogen (Formerly Alumina P) |
| RF-VALUES DETERMINATION FOR PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS | Various TLC | |
| RACEMATE RESOLUTION | Racemic mixture separation | Acetyl cellulose |
| RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL REMOVAL | Isolating contaminants in aqueous solutions | Dyna-AquaTM Uranium |
| SUGAR AND OTHER POLYHYDROXY COMPOUNDS | Nutraceutical and pharmaceutical applications | Magnesium Silicate TLC |
| SULFONAMIDES DETECTION AND SEPARATION | Pharmaceutical production | Silica Gel TLC Plates |
| SOLVENT PURIFICATION FOR UV | Alumina Super I and Silica Gel for adsorption | |
| TAXANES AND NUTRACEUTICALS | Various medicinal extracts from plants, etc. | Alumina biomass & decolorization, AL 5500 |
| URANIUM | Effective chemical adsorption media designed specifically for the removal of uranium from water and wastewater. | Dyna-AquaTM Uranium |
| VITAMIN A IN MIXED FEEDS | Alumina Neutral |