Kinetics of metal ion exchange in iminodiacetic resins at low concentrations

The kinetics of metal exchange processes with iminodiacetic chelating resin, which occurs with metal concentration change, has been studied. Mechanisms of rate control were analyzed, and diffusivities determined from experiments in batch solutions with decreasing metal concentrations, following the unreacted core model. Metal exchange in binary and ternary systems are analyzed and diffusivity variations of these systems discussed in terms of reaction fronts. The influence of temperature was also studied and energies of activation determined.