Abstract:
[Object] To provide a method of purifying nucleic acids where the operation is simple and the nucleic acids can be extracted in a short time with high efficiency.[Solving Means] A method of purifying nucleic acids including the step of adsorbing substances in a sample containing nucleic acids with an ion exchange resin 10 including a positive ion exchange resin and a negative ion exchange resin. As the positive ion exchange resin, a first positive ion exchange resin and a second positive ion exchange resin having an exclusion limit molecular weight lower than that of the first positive ion exchange resin may be used.
Abstract:
A method for preparing non-agglomerating mixed bed ion exchange resin systems without affecting the ion exchange kinetics of the anion exchange resin component of the mixed bed system is disclosed. Pretreatment of the anion exchange resin component with a sulfonated poly(vinylaromatic) polyelectrolyte is particularly effective in providing non-agglomerated mixed bed systems without affecting ion exchange kinetics. Treatment levels of 10 to 800 milligrams per liter of anion exchange resin with sulfonated poly(vinylaromatic) polyelectrolyte having number average molecular weight from 5,000 to 1,000,000 are particularly preferred.
Abstract:
A process for the separation of pentavalent arsenic from an aqueous solution using an N-alkyl pyridinium-containing adsorption medium is disclosed. An oxidizing medium and process for the oxidation of trivalent arsenic to pentavalent arsenic with removal of the pentavalent arsenic so formed is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A process for removing contaminating levels of selenium from a contaminated aqueous solution is disclosed. That process includes providing a vessel or flow-permissive container containing a water-insoluble polymeric adsorption medium having a plurality of polymerized C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 N-alkylated pyridinium-containing adsorption sites. An influent of an aqueous solution having a total selenium concentration of about 10 to about 1000 parts per billion is introduced to the vessel or flow-permissive container to contact the insoluble polymeric adsorption medium. The solution is maintained in contact with that insoluble adsorption medium for a time period sufficient for the medium to bind the selenium in the contacting solution. The resulting aqueous solution is discharged from the vessel as an effluent having a total selenium concentration whose ratio to the total selenium concentration of the influent is about zero to about 10.sup.-3.
Abstract:
An anion exchange method conducted at a high temperature, which comprises using a crosslinked anion exchanger which comprises structural units having a quaternary ammonium group of the following formula (a) and structural units derived from an unsaturated hydrocarbon group-containing crosslinkable monomer, and of which at least 90% of anion exchange groups are present in the form of a group represented by ##STR1## as defined in the following formula (a): ##STR2## wherein R is a --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --group (n=an integer of from 3 to 18) which may include a cyclic hydrocarbon, each of R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 which are independent from one another, is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 hydrocarbon group or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkanol group, the benzene ring of the formula (a) may be substituted by an alkyl group or a halogen atom, or may be condensed with other aromatic ring, and X is an anion.
Abstract:
A process is disclosed for the removal of heat stable salts from ethanolamine gas purification process units using ion-exchange resins and for regenerating said ion-exchange resins in-situ.
Abstract:
An improved extraction system employing a quaternary amine to extract anions from an aqueous solution, particularly precious metals such as gold or silver from an aqueous alkaline solution. The improvement comprises the use of a weak organic acid (a compound providing an acidic proton) along with the quaternary amine. The improvement is useful in both liquid-liquid and liquid-solid extraction systems.
Abstract:
Disclosed are novel ion-exchange and chelate-exchange resins having improved exchange kinetics for separating chemical species from liquids. The resins are prepared from copolymer beads consisting of a monovinyl aromatic monomer and a cross-linking monomer. The copolymer beads are functionalized such that weak-base exchange moieties are substituted at haloalkylated sites which are most accessible to diffusion into the beads, while hydrophilic, strong-base exchange moieties are substituted at haloalkylated sites which are least accessible to diffusion. The resins have improved exchange kinetics due to shortened diffusion path lengths for the chemical species being separated and improved diffusion into the resin beads due to the hydrophilic, strong-base exchange moieties.
Abstract:
A process for the selective removal of nitrates from water using a combination of an ion exchange resin and a biological purification. In the process, an ion exchanger in the sulfate form is used to selectively remove nitrate ions from the water to be treated. Following regeneration of the ion exchanger, the regeneration eluent containing the nitrates fixed by the selective resin is subjected to biological purification.
Abstract:
Strong base ion exchange resins derived from crosslinked vinylbvenzyl chloride polymers are particularly suitable for purifying condensate waters for steam regenerating equipment. Preferred embodiments utilize gellular anion exchange resins to remove corrosion products from boiler condensate waters.