Abstract:
PASSING AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF SALTS OF THE TITLE METALS AT A PH OF 1.5 TO 3.5 AND AT A TEMPERATURE OF 30 TO 80* C. THROUGH AT LEAST TWO SERIALLY CONNECTED RESIN COLUMNS CONTAINING A COMPLEX-FORMING ION EXCHANGE RESIN HAVING AMINOCARBOXYLIC ACID AND/OR IMINODICARBOXYLIC ACID GROUPS AS THE ACTIVE EXCHANGE GROUPS UNTIL NICKEL AND/OR COBALT IONS APPEAR IN THE EFFLUENT OF THE LAST RESIN COLUMN AND THEN DISCONNECTING AND ELUTING NICKEL AND/OR COBALT FROM THE FIRST RESIN COLUMN.