Deconvolution of multivalent cation-exchange isotherms Article

Triay, IR, Rundberg, RS. (1989). Deconvolution of multivalent cation-exchange isotherms . JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY, 93(14), 5617-5623. 10.1021/j100351a056

cited authors

  • Triay, IR; Rundberg, RS

authors

abstract

  • A method of deconvolution has been developed to determine the site-specific selectivity coefficients for divalent and trivalent exchange in relatively rigid exchangers. The technique involves the measurement of ion-exchange isotherms and the application of the numerical approach of regularization to effect deconvolution. The method has been designed and extensively tested with computer-generated isotherms. The results of these numerical studies indicate that this approach can successfully recover selectivity coefficient distributions from divalent and trivalent isotherms. If a careful accounting of the exchanging cations is maintained, this method can be applied to systems undergoing ion exchange by different mechanisms.

publication date

  • January 1, 1989

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start page

  • 5617

end page

  • 5623

volume

  • 93

issue

  • 14