AmberLite IRA402 Cl

Summary

Product Identification

• Product Name: AmberLite™ IRA402 Cl Ion Exchange Resin
• Product Type: Gaussian, Gel, Strong Base Anion Exchange Resin
• Functional Group: Trimethylammonium
• Copolymer Matrix: Styrene-divinylbenzene
• Ionic Form as Shipped: Cl⁻

Applications

• General-purpose demineralization
• Industrial water treatment
• Ideally when treating water with a high percentage of silica
• When the treatment goal is removal of strong and weak acids and lowest silica leakage

System Designs

• Co-current regeneration systems

Operating Limits

• Temperature Range:
  • OH⁻ form: 5 – 60°C (41 – 140°F)
  • Cl⁻ form: 5 – 100°C (41 – 212°F)
• pH Range:
  • Service Cycle: 1 – 14
  • Stable: 0 – 14

Note: Operating at elevated temperatures (above 60 – 70°C) may impact resin life.

Chemical Properties

• Total Exchange Capacity: ≥ 1.20 eq/L (Cl⁻ form)
• Water Retention Capacity: 49.0 – 59.0% (Cl⁻ form)

Physical Properties

• Physical Form: Amber, translucent, spherical beads
• Particle Size:
  • Particle Diameter: 600 – 750 µm
  • Uniformity Coefficient: ≤ 1.80
  • Fines (< 300 µm): ≤ 1.0%
  • Oversized (> 1180 µm): ≤ 5.0%
• Stability:
  • Whole Uncracked Beads: ≥ 90%
  • Swelling (Cl⁻ → OH⁻): ≤ 20%
• Density:
  • Particle Density: 1.07 g/mL
  • Shipping Weight: 670 g/L

Hydraulic Characteristics

• Figures provided in the original document show estimated bed expansion during backwash and estimated pressure drop during service flow. These are dependent on temperature and flowrate.

Disclaimer: This extraction may miss figures, footnotes, or revisions; contractual data must match the OEM PDF revision used on the project.

Official datasheet (PDF)

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