Advances in Inorganic Ion Exchangers and Their Applications: A Review Article

Abstract

This material is a brief review of ion exchange materials with emphasis of inorganic ion exchangers aimed at giving a short and precise discussion of the role of separation, the preference of inorganic ion exchangers than that of organic once and advances of inorganic ion exchangers. Thus, it begins with brief introduction of ion-exchange materials and their types as well as their many derivatives and describes inorganic ion exchangers to nanocomposite cation exchange materials and their technological improvement from old era to latest age of nano. In addition, this review tries to address so many applications of ion-exchange materials such as, antimicrobial activity, catalysis, hydrometallurgy, bimolecular separations, chromatography and environmental science engineering etc., which are directly related with green chemistry and making processes easier for humans well being.

Keywords: Inorganic ion exchangers, cation exchange materials, nanocomposite cation exchangers.