A novel chelating resin (PETU) with thiourea groups in its main chain was synthesized by the reaction of O,O'-butane-1,4-diyl dicarbonisothiocyanatidate and triethylene tetraamine. The adsorption of Ag(I) on PETU was investigated by batch tests. The results showed that adsorption data fitted Boyd's diffusion equation of liquid film and the adsorption was controlled by liquid film diffusion. Under the temperatures between 15～60 ℃, the adsorption capacity decreased with the increase of temperature, and increased with the increase of initial concentration of Ag(I). The experimental data fitted Langmuir and Freundlich equations, and the correlation coefficients for Langmuir equation were between 0.9965～0.9998, and those for Freundlich equation were between 0.8211～0.9810, and increased with the adsorption temperature. △H, △G and △S calculated by thermodynamic formulae were all negative, which meant that the adsorption process was exothermic and spontaneous, and the entropy decreased during the process. XPS results showed that N, S and O atoms were the electron donors to coordinate with Ag.
A novel alkoxycarbonyl thiourea resin(ATR)was synthesized by monomer polymerization of oxydiethane-2,1-diyl dicarbonisothiocyanatidate and polyethylene polyamine,and characterized by FT-IR.The adsorption properties of ATR were investigated by batch test.The adsorption capacities for Au(Ⅲ),Ag(Ⅰ),Cu(Ⅱ),Zn(Ⅱ),Fe(Ⅲ),Ca(Ⅱ)and Mg(Ⅱ)are 4.65,4.40,0.40,0.90,0.86,0.0080 and 0.016 mmol/g,respectively,when the adsorption condition is as follows:contact time 24 h,temperature 30℃,initial concentration of Au(Ⅲ)5.08 mmol/L and that of other metals 0.10 mol/L,and concentration of acid 1.0 mol/L.The adsorption capacity for Au(Ⅲ)increases with the increase of contact time,temperature and initial concentration of Au(Ⅲ).The capacity after five adsorption-desorption cycles remains 90%that of the first time,and the separation factors of ATR for binary metal ion solutions are larger than 995,indicating that ATR is of good regeneration property and selectivity.XPS results show that the functional atoms of ATR supply electrons for Au and coordinate with Au during the adsorption.
