Microwave Assisted Benign Method of Chelating Resin Synthesis Having Different Thermal and Ion Exchange Properties

Summary: Microwave irradiation method was used for synthesis of chelating ion exchange resin derived fom Salicylicacid-Formaldehyde-Resorcinol (SFR-M). The resin was characterized by Elemental analysis, FTIR, TGA and SEM. The Broido and Horowitz-Metzger method were used to calculate the energy of activation (Ea) from TGA. The microwave assisted chelating resin has different thermal behaviour as compared to conventional resin (SFR-C). The sorption capacities of microwave SFR resin for transition metal ions are higher than conventional SFR resin. The separation of binary mixtures Cu (II) and Zn (II)] in brass and Ni (II) and Cd (II)] were successfully carried out using Kd value.