ION EXCHANGE RESINS -- EXTENSION OF TECHNICAL STUDIES

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 11, 2000
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: April 4, 1957
• Content Type: MEMO

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XWIUIRY TAC448
Nr. John Shepard
Coordinator, %antes' Tesk Croups
Ralph T. Stevart, rizsotor
Agricultural and Ch?toal roducts rivision
Ion Exchange Resins eon of Teehnical
teah: .eal assignment requested addittonal data on sty .y1
benzene type ion excIante reline vdlioh include (1) an additional .aivator of
their 4A significance (I) a reexamination of the significance of water softening
as a limiting element to their strategie significanoe and (S) a reexamination of
the ion exchange resins used fer uranium recovery
Since the prep ration of the fact sheet of Ju t deal of data
have boon publithed wtleh permit a more detailed report on matters. Also
we have obtained frcm two major prodeers the most dctst3.ad available information
to them regarding production of ion exshange resins in Europe.
The particular resins oovered by the proposed strategic 4ettniton are
identifiable ehemicaily as a styrene-divinyl bensene (cross linked polystyrene)
ion exchange resins and are Glassed into the following typeet
1. SulfonAted cation exchange resins.
2 Carboxylie cation exchange resins.
S, Strongly baste anion exchangers.
4. Weakly basic anion exchangers.
54 Sized bare anion exctangers.
Ion exchange resIns of commercial si
the following;
Trade wee
Zoo-Farb
Bulfonatd phenol-formaldehyde resins Zoo-Rex, Puol.te
Evaluation of 4A S neva:
a. Producers in Free Torld Coun.ries a the following;
(The number* identiry the types a* listed above, Which are produeoc by ,&eh ?
West Germany
a) Permutit A.04, Berlin 4
b) Farbentabrieker Bayer, Le rims, 1,2,3,4.
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a) Astivit N,V, 1
United Kingdom
a) Pernutlt Co.,, Ltd. 1,2,3,4,5.
b) United later Softener* Ltd. 1,2,3,4,5.
o) Jae Crosfield Sons Ltd, 1.3,4.
d) Chas, Leming A Ca. 1,6.
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a) Menteoatini 1,2.4.
a) ACM
Japan
a) Mitsubishi Easel. 1,3,4?
b) okye YUki Tagiku Kea*, t./.. 1,3.4?
The largest yroduoers are rermutit and Boyer of West Germany, Aetivit of
Holland, and Pernntit an4 L9nnin4 of London. Other organisations are Gf relatIvely
minor importance* Ter rajor dorestio suppliers (few A Permutit) report they
have- no figures relative tc quantities produced in toren eouutries. They report
that the resinous types are produced in small quantitie* in West Gormary and.. United
Iingdon as well as in Japans Holland and Italy, Permutit Co, states that they are
exporting large quantities- to lest Germany, japftn, and to many places in the tritilh
Conronwealthe
It should be noted of the above-listed vanufacturers in sountries with signific
productions those not affiliated with the major U.S. manufacturer* are the
Perbenfabriken Bayer, W. ermany; Aottvit? Holland; Jas. Crosfield A, ns
England? It max indieated by 70, proeusers that the productivity of these three
firms i* limited.
Many other supplier* offer ion exchange resins for rimer u0011 urier their won
trade 00014146 ThOSO eompanies purchase the basic vaterials from the above Iisted
producers and rolatie?
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b roduation in Jca a
I.G. Farben in rast Olenrany producee all but the st
ng base ion exchange
resins. Thera have been inaoaVons of other produs ion but available
information Is meager on ths subject.
MATITOTC $F "!gINB
Uses for the ion exohsn. resins involve one or a ectabiration of resin types.
Newton exehange resin* of the polystyrene chemicol group are being used under
conditions tint forrerly osused rapid deterioration. Tey resist osing
and reducing atmospheres elevated temperatures and strnnely assist or alaline
environments.
a*
condit )rAnE is the ? n most impo
h rooese his -been an element of increasing
processes as advanced technology has led industry,
a on*
uturing
y the chemical
industry; to spool,' produots or procedures possible the Use at
highly purified water. Ion 41.41hance resins produce a pure water, eqvivalent
to that obtained by multiple distillations with special corrosive resistant
equipment. Through varloos combinations o exohange resins variouo desirable
results =ay be obtained*
(1)
4 This process purifies water
and over (rrn Item 2210), mitt, d
of resin tr high pressure boiler water is t46 mil on.
1 %out s vel? ineludes uses such as purifying
sed, onemiesi processing metal plating and synthetic
Ecttoatod annual sales volute is 8 Lillian.
tttced d e.tralization (the sme resins in soecial prooessIng faeilities)
ITTigaramMariWTTEhest purity water and is required for television
and radar tulle manufacture, eynthege fiber production, high troesuro bt.liere
ono (stoker indUstrIal USW". tottnaten annual sales tvlume 12 o3 million.
talAurgi involves the recovery of metal* from o
slutIone The.
. principal
Came
as ill
al *pp leation has been in the recovery of metals from industrial wastes
removal of metal oasons from industrial eater. Copper ant zinc now
ressovered on a large soale. A tabulation of ion exchange applications
rometallurgy covering oommercial? pilot plant and research errk identified
rent procedures involving praotieally all metals, and Oa types of the
This is an indication of the extensive usefulness of tlAsse products.
al isolation of the rare earth metals is :lode possible with ion ?se's-Angers
extreotion of uranium*
s of strategic trportanee
or high pressure turbines
be manufacture synthetic
on of low acid rormaldehyde for exp
yein and other antibiotics and the
age resins ineluees Treatment
of rare 'earth sae' other
Lotion s reoovery of metals,
ufacture? produotton of
tiovi of uranium..
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WITH VS' 0,-4,1LG 13U
a vital role la uranium r.aov.ry from ore St b*se anion
need to absorb uranyl sulfate from solution. A numbor of
ue$ have been deveIJped? each depending on the inhere7A oonditions
rge number of plants ha e4ept.d ioz e resins tr U-
uumbor there- are 2$ plants In ths Union of Afriea,
.n the 7n1te4 States, 2 in AUItr1t an4 ane in R11s.i C.
the ore is treated only nor uranium reeovnry. rtt other..414it
rooted similarly or only after other minerals have been removed.
ion exchangers nre, Aped In recovery, this promos being t1 ajor
mailable rintta
A
atrat.gic uss by typ?
are the followings
(1) cation ezahanfe.
Strom' said resIne
(a) Nan ralisinr waterfor turbines.
rieuspclystyron. copolymer
(a)
Ilure water for tdistria1 use.
ilk acid resins
Streptomycin produotion
o sehaners
Weakly le resin'
use, May ?onto'
bogie
latefc ste turn,t insroliting? (b) Hyper pure enter for
inAustri a) i,;ranium rsoomery.
b. The definition reeommended covers products *doh an be identified as rticolar
chemioal types, the crotw-lit*ed ?tolystyrene ion epohange resin*, Ind we believe
these are the Only strategica11y portant synthetic ion eln&r resin
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The other pirsina at commonly used for hems end industr,a1 water softening
not requIring high effisiency 41"0 the "Zeo-arbs su1fonatee *oft's. AIS0
sulfonsted phenol Dorsaldehyde exchange resins are not covered by t)e
strategic definition as they are not ueed at ?resent tz any diclosie. ,Ce
major :roducer reports they have rt&asUy dieoenticuei :-ro4uctIon ot
those.
We consider lector conditioning Catt require* styrene type resin' to be .
strategically nignifieant for tho above-mentioned industrial uses. Ten
exehance rosins vac) have groat teehnologieel signifiaanee. 1r that 4,ey,
are necesstry for procemses requiring a special degree of quality mIntrol.
Finally, aveilable intonation of foreign rhrofiuntione irAiesten thaT; the
TI?gy is the print:0:0a world supsner?
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.C!2 P2O3R31 MITNUIN.:TION NO. 12100 eftentmedl'
Flaenothi al Nor slarts-rnaa ter !xper t Sc CUttjr .0
phelviduld
(tip1swurboryNeAtet IBINUIPart enopridan it the apart of which
to the Soviet nos the UWO, has dellmnittned shouldbe subjectcd to
control and tervildWO *drain toologortiamettlatesea tgreenent
by coOpm to ?entrain idmatieal with those of the U.S.)
An it shall be Olnied en Part dolint it meta both Stanirds
No. 1 and 2, and either Standard No. 3 or 4. .
Uttelatilti.i/L. The lien poseeSsee oue or more of Attibutea
new. .5, do ail-S, And,StAidard 1144 2 Ander Wirt 061 or Standard
No. 1 under Part 0.4I is met.
Standard No. 2. The oeverege Already afforded by the PlAccrivnt
of "T"ad nen an the 11.3. Mate apart Soewrity List is
inadequate to achieve U.S. security Objectives.
Standerd no. 3. It Ain't* ressesetay'expeoted that V.S. negotia-
trona **u be suceeseful in obtaining satisfactory multilateral
oentrel by coven prevoidep haverar, it km telsan$birelibar thlt
seat nAgetiations'eras.dttng *antra would net oansei
ten Osstarol)
(a)
An expenditure of goad will or herigniiiiiiig power dispr.-
porticaate in terms of U.S. national security intermits; or
(b) An undue impeet on the 'commie, political, or financial
situations of the suusber countries.
Standard No. 4.Mere the 5.5. does net iatend to seek iu1ti
IIY.I tczitr1 by Cocom or has not be asicee$01ho1 in obt.r.inini
ikdoeuate control avecatent by CoOrice
(a) Such additional strategic coneeditios aS *mid eontribute
significantly to the war potential of the ainropean Soviet
Bloc, the U.S. unilateral control of which con reasonably
be expected, because of U.S. production, supply or tech-
nology, to be effective in depriving the ftropeen SoviA
Bloc of a significent contribution to the latter 'a war
potential; or
(b) Other commodities, whether strategic or not, which rale*
such epecill political problems as to warrant U.S.
enicrt control to the Furtipeen Soviet Bloc despite the
absence of intermit mai controls.
NOTE, The degree of control to be applied to an it on Part 0-III
ifi= be determined on the merits of each item in term of (a) the
possibility of achieving effective control, including the use of
licenstng guides, and (b) any overriding oonsiderations of U.S.
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