Resin A
Resin A
Resin A
Macroporous (macroreticular) polystyrene based resin derivatized with iminodiacetic acid groups. These have a
high affinity for heavy metal cations over alkali or alkaline earth metals. The macroreticular structure provides
high resistance to osmotic shock and short ion diffusion paths resulting in improved kinetics. The apparent
selectivity for a given metal depends upon concentration, the presence of other species, and pH. In the table
below some findings at different pH values are depicted. These data provide a guideline of relative selectivities.
The affinity of the resin for a given metal can be increased or decreased by adjusting the pH. Many feed
streams contain particular matter which can clog the exchanger bed. Backwashing is necessary at regular
intervals. If glass columns are used, the swelling (hydraulic expansion) of the resin must be considered. The
resin swells 100 % during change from the hydrogen to monovalent salt form. Thus regeneration is best done in
a funnel first with 10 % acid, then 10 % caustic and finally water to neutrality of the eluent.
To obtain the desired pH, buffer solutions are preferably used. As an example, for pH 4, 10 bed volumes of a
0.5 M solution of NaH2PO4/Na2HPO4 adjusted to pH 4 and finally 10 volumes of water are percolated.
As SERDOLIT® Chelite® CHE has an extremely high affinity for polyvalent cations, the amount of regenerant is
higher than required for conventional weakly acidic ion exchange resins.
1) pH = 2 2) pH = 4 3) pH = 9 *
Metal ion KMCa Metal ion KMCa Metal ion KMCa
+++ ++ ++
Fe 325,000 Hg 2,800 Ni 30
++ ++ ++
Cu 130,000 Cu 2,300 Cd 14
Hg++ > 43,000 Pb++ 1,200 Cu++ 10
+++ ++ ++
Au > 8,100 Ni 57 Zn 3
+ ++ ++
Ag 4,600 Zn 17 Ca 1.0
++ ++
Ni 3,200 Cd 15
++ ++
Cd 620 Co 6.7
++ ++
Fe 190 Fe 4.0
++ ++
Mn 120 Mn 1.2
++ ++
Zn 120 Ca 1.0
+++
Al 50
Mg++ 20
++
Ca 1.0 * very high ammonium background (200 g/l (NH4)2SO4)
Operating pH range
The resin can operate in a neutral, acidic or alkaline medium,but since its capacity depends on
the pH, we recommend the following minimum pH values:
Relative affinity
The relative affinity of this resin for the various cations decreases in the order shown below:
Pb2+ > Cu2+ > Zn2+ > Mg2+ > Ca2+ > Cd2+ > Ni2+ > Co2+ > Sr2+ > Ba2+
Characteristic reaction