Abstract:
1. A HEAVY METAL ABSORBING RESIN CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A POLYMER CONPRISING: A. A BACKBONE POLYMER SELECTED FROM AT LEAST ONE OF POLYSTYRENE, POLYVINYL CHLORIDE, A COPOLYMER OF VINYL CHLORIDE WITH ANOTHER COPOLYMERIZABLE MONOMER, A GRAFT COPOLYMER OF A RUBBERY SUBSTANCE TO WHICH VINYL CHLORIDE HAS BEEN GRAFTED, AND A CHLORINATED POLYOLEFIN; AND B. A MOIETY ATTACHED TO THE BACKBONE POLYMER WHICH IS SELECTED FROM AT LEAST ONE THIOSEMICARBAZIDE OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF -NHNHCSNHR AND -NHCSNHNHR, WHEREIN R IS A HYDROGEN ATOM, ALKYL MOIETY, ARYL MOIETY, OR ACYL MOIETY.
Abstract:
A METHOD OF REGENERATING A CHELATE RESIN HAVING MERCURY ADSORBED THERETO, WHICH COMPRISES CONTACTING THE RESIN WITH A SOLUTION OF A SULFIDE OF AN ALKALI METAL, BARIUM OR AMMONIUM HAVING A PH OF AT LEAST 11.0, PREFERABLY AT LEAST 13.0, TO THEREBY LIBERATE THE MERCURY FROM THE CHELATE RESIN.