Glossary
Ion Exchange Applications

Adsorbent resin; adsorbent resin

Non-ionic, highly porous synthetic resins. Many of these resins are macroporous polymers based on divinylbenzene-crosslinked styrene.

Amphoteric; amphotère

A resin that acts as both an acid and a base. An amphoteric resin has the properties of both a cation exchanger and an anion exchanger.

Brix (degree); degree Brix

Percentage by mass of sugar (sucrose) in a solution.

Volume load; specific flow rate

Flow in m³/h divided by resin volume in m³. The volume load is therefore measured in h^–1. In English, we often speak of bed volumes per hour (BV/h).

Chelating resin

Ion exchange resin with an active group that forms stable complexes with certain metals.

Desugaring; sweetening-off

Displacement by water and recovery of the solution contained in the exchange column...