《DOWEX™ MARATHON™ Industrial Water Softening. Ion Exchange Resins》.pdf

Dow Water & Process Solutions DOWEX™ MARATHON™ Industrial Water Softening Ion Exchange Resins Engineering Information DOWEX™ MARATHON™ Strong Acid Cation Exchange Resins for Industrial Softening General Information DOWEX™ MARATHON™ C, DOWEX MARATHON C-10 and DOWEX MARATHON MSC are uniform particle sized strong acid cation exchange resins in the sodium form which are specially suited for water softening applications. The resins are based on a styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer matrix with sulfonic acid functional groups. DOWEX™ MARATHON™ C is a high capacity, gel-type exchange resin specifically designed to give high throughput and economical operation in both water and non-water applications. DOWEX™ MARATHON™ C-10 is a higher cross-linked, gel-type exchange resin specifically designed to be used under more stringent conditions of higher temperature and oxidation. DOWEX™ MARATHON™ MSC is a highly cross-linked macroporous resin with high porosity giving excellent chemical and thermal stability. The resin is therefore particularly suited for hot process industrial softening and for the most highly mechanically stressed or oxidative systems, such as those containing >1 ppm free Cl2 . Because of their uniform particle size, these resins offer a number of advantages compared to conventional polydispersed resins. The small uniform bead size results in rapid exchange kinetics during operation, more complete regeneration of the resin and faster, more thorough rinse following regeneration. The uniform bead size regenerates more efficiently resulting in lower hardness leakage and higher operating capacity. This results in lower operating costs and reduced waste disposal. The outstanding physical strength of DOWEX MARATHON C and DOWEX MARATHON C-10 resins makes them far more resistant to bead breakage than conventional gel resins. This brochure gives detailed engineering information on the resins to allow operational capacities and hardness leakages to be