ION-EXCHANGE RESINS IN NON-AQUEOUS SOLVENTS .3. SOLVENT-UPTAKE PROPERTIES OF ION-EXCHANGE RESINS AND RELATED ADSORBENTS

Solvent-uptake properties for several synthetic resins and common adsorbents were determined by the centrifugation method. Data are reported for eighteen different solvents, which include water and the common polar and non-polar organic solvents. The cation-exchange resins are of two varieties: the microreticular or gel type and the macroreticular or porous type. The latter resin being rigid and porous takes up all types of solvents, whereas the former resin, which relies on swelling of the resin matrix, does not take up the nonpolar solvents. Data for the H+ form and Na+ form macroreticular resin are compared. Unsulphonated polystyrene-divinylbenzene polymers which possess similar micro- and macroreticular properties to the cation-exchange resins were also studied in the same solvents. The swelling properties of these non-polar resins are compared with each other and with the polar cation resins. Other adsorbents, which are frequently used as supports in chromatography were also examined in the same solvents. Several of these have large average pore diameters and surface areas like the macroreticular resin. © 1969.