Silver recovery with complexing sorbents based on 1-vinyl-1,2,4-triazole

The sorption activity of copolymers based on 1-vinyl-1,2,4-triazole toward silver ions was studied in relation to the copolymer structure and to the kind and concentration of acids. The copolymers were prepared by radical copolymerization of 1-vinyl-1,2,4-triazole with 1,1,3-trihydrotetrafluoropropyl methacrylate and divinylbenzene, with 1,1,3-trihydrotetrafluoropropyl methacrylate, methyl methacrylate, and N,N′-methylenebisacrylamide, with diethylene glycol divinyl ether, and with divinyl sulfide. The copolymers exhibit high sorption activity. They efficiently recover silver cations from acid solutions and behave as anion exchangers.