In this study, Diphonix resin containing sulfonic, diphosphonic and carboxylic groups was used to evaluate the adsorption capacity of metal ions contained in the nickel-metal hydride batteries (Ni-MH). This type of ion exchanger can be considered as the multifunctional material having great affinity to many metal ions. Using Diphonix resin adsorption process was carried out for La(III) and Ni(II) ions to characterize kinetic, adsorption and thermodynamic parameters. Preliminary studies of the Nd(III), Ce(III), La(III), Fe(III), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) metal ions mixture were also performed. The best results of adsorption studies were obtained using 0.2 M HNO 3. Diphonix resin exhibits especially good adsorptive properties with respect to rare earth element ions (adsorption efficiency of about 100%) in comparison with the heavy metal ions in the second oxidation state (about 50% or below). The series of affinity of the resin for the studied ions can be presented as follows: La(III) > Fe(III) > Nd(III) > Ce(III) > Cu(II) > Zn(II) > Co(II) > Ni(II). The obtained results confirmed the possibility of further use of the resin for the recovery and separation of rare earth elements from solutions after Ni-MH batteries leaching.
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