Adsorption to chelating resins is efficient for separation and concentration of metal ions prior to their determination. 1 Iminodiacetate(IDA)-type chelating resins (-L 2-) are commercially available and widely used. It is also well known that the adsorption curves of Co 2+ , Zn 2+ , and especially Mn 2+ , Cd 2+ , and Pb 2+ are shifted to a higher pH region in the application to seawater, compared with freshwater. 2 Recently, based on a Gibbs-Donnan model, the adsorption equilibria of divalent metal ions (M 2+ ) to IDA-type resins have been studied intensively. 3 A competition method with protonation was adopted under the condition of the total amount of functional groups in excess against that of metal ions (TAL > TAM). The deviation of the observed adsorption capacities from those calculated using the adsorption constants of [(-L)M II ] was assigned to the adsorption as [(-LH)2M II ], for which the adsorption constants were evaluated; the adsorption constants of [(-L)M II ] were assumed to be the same as the stability constants of metal complexes with methyliminodiacetate in an aqueous solution. The effects of salts on the adsorption have also been described quantitatively, but the presentation is rather complicated. 4 In contrast, we have proposed a competition method with protonation under a reversed condition of the total amount of metal ions in excess against that of functional groups (TAM > TAL), and have applied it to analyses of the adsorption equilibria of trivalent and tetravalent metal ions to an IDA-type chelating resin; the presence of [(-LH)3M III ] (M III : Sc, Y, La) and [(-LH)4Th IV ] was reflected in the adsorption curves. 5,6 In this study, we applied this type of analysis to the adsorption of divalent metal ions to directly demonstrate the presence of [(-LH)2M II ] as well as [(-L)M II ] and also give a rather qualitative, but intuitive, explanation for the effects of salts on the adsorption equilibria.
ExperimentalStock solutions of metal ions were prepared from reagent-grade nitrates. The IDA-resin used was Amberlite IRC-718 (Rohm and Haas; particle size of 0.40 -0.56 mm, Na-form, IDA density of 2.0 mmol g -1 ). Adsorption experiments were carried out under two different conditions. One condition was a total amount of metal ions in excess against that of IDA, TAM > TAL; a 50 cm 3 -portion of 10 -3 mol dm -3 solution (0.05 mmol metal) was added to 0.0125 g of the resin (0.025 mmol IDA). The other condition was a total amount of IDA in excess against that of metal ions, TAL > TAM; a 50 cm 3 -portion of 10 -4 mol dm -3 solution (0.005 mmol metal) was added to 0.2 g of the resin (0.4 mmol IDA). The pH values were adjusted by addition of an acid or a base, and were measured on an activity scale using standard buffer solutions. After adjustment of the ionic strength with NaCl and of the total volume, the resulting solutions were shaken with an IDA-resin for two days at 25˚C. Equilibration required longer time for TAM > TAL than for TAL > TAM. The supernatants were subjected to the pH measuremen...