Applications:

Ion exchange is one of the very powerful tools for separations. It has a very broad spectrum of applications and the simple property of exchanging the ions has been very intelligently exploited for various purposes of separation, enrichment, recovery and decontamination in various areas of science and technology. In the limited space of discussion available here, it may not be possible even to simply list the applications and therefore, it is difficult to accommodate a detailed explanation about them. But for the purposes of clarity in presentation in a concise form, the entire range of applications is being subdivided into the following heads:

i) Separation of metal ions and anions

ii) Separation of organics

iii) Separation of ionized from nonionized

iv) Separation of actinide elements

v) Miscellaneous applications.