There is provided a method for obtaining a purified aqueous solution of silicic acid containing less metal impurities such as Cu and Ni using water glass as a raw material with less number of purification steps than that in conventional methods without using any unnecessary additives. The method for producing a purified aqueous solution of silicic acid, the method comprising the steps of: (a) passing an aqueous solution of alkaline silicate having a silica concentration of 0.5% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less through a column filled with a polyamine-, iminodiacetic acid-, or aminophosphoric acid-type chelating resin, and (b) passing the aqueous solution passed in the step (a) through a column filled with a hydrogen-type cation exchange resin.

The present invention relates to sol gel hydrous metal oxide particles, such as hydrous zirconium oxide particles, their manufacture, and their use in such applications as sorbent dialysis.

The present invention relates to sol gel hydrous metal oxide particles, such as hydrous zirconium oxide particles, their manufacture, and their use in such applications as sorbent dialysis.

Provided is a method for producing a chelate resin, wherein a highly pure treatment liquid can be obtained by reducing the amount of metal impurities in a to-be-treated liquid containing metal impurities. The method for producing a chelate resin comprises a purification step for purifying a to-be-purified chelate resin by bringing the chelate resin into contact with at least 5 wt % of a mineral acid solution containing 1 mg/L or less of metal impurities, wherein the total amount of metal impurities eluted when 3 wt % of hydrochloric acid is passed through the purified chelate resin in an amount equal to 25 times the amount of the chelate resin by volume ratio is 5 m/mL-R or less.

Provided is a method for producing a chelate resin, wherein a highly pure treatment liquid can be obtained by reducing the amount of metal impurities in a to-be-treated liquid containing metal impurities. The method for producing a chelate resin comprises a purification step for purifying a to-be-purified chelate resin by bringing the chelate resin into contact with at least 5 wt % of a mineral acid solution containing 1 mg/L or less of metal impurities, wherein the total amount of metal impurities eluted when 3 wt % of hydrochloric acid is passed through the purified chelate resin in an amount equal to 25 times the amount of the chelate resin by volume ratio is 5 m/mL-R or less.

An ion exchange resin comprises a crosslinked resin and a salt covalently bonded to a carbon of the resin, wherein the salt comprises a first non-metallic cation and a first counteranion, wherein the first counteranion comprises a second non-metallic cation and a thiosulfate counteranion, and wherein the ion exchange resin is essentially free of metals. The ion exchange resin finds particular use in the removal of impurities from solutions that are useful in the manufacture of semiconductor devices.

An ion exchange resin comprises a crosslinked resin and a salt covalently bonded to a carbon of the resin, wherein the salt comprises a first non-metallic cation and a first counteranion, wherein the first counteranion comprises a second non-metallic cation and a thiosulfate counteranion, and wherein the ion exchange resin is essentially free of metals. The ion exchange resin finds particular use in the removal of impurities from solutions that are useful in the manufacture of semiconductor devices.

There is provided a process for treating an aqueous solution including impurity material disposed in a first state, comprising:, comprising: modifying the state of the impurity material, disposed in its first state, with effect that a second state of the impurity material is obtained, such that a conditioned aqueous solution, including the modified impurity material, is obtained. The conditioned aqueous solution is contacted with an operative sorptive media with effect that at least a portion of the modified impurity material becomes sorbed to the operative sorptive media, such that an impurity material-depleted aqueous solution is produced.

A process for recovery of lithium ions from a lithium-bearing brine includes contacting the lithium-bearing brine with a lithium ion sieve (where that LIS includes an oxide of titanium or niobium) in a first stirred reactor to form a lithium ion complex with the lithium ion sieve, and decomplexing the lithium ion from the lithium ion sieve in a second stirred reactor to form the lithium ion sieve and an acidic lithium salt eluate.

A process for recovery of lithium ions from a lithium-bearing brine includes contacting the lithium-bearing brine with a lithium ion sieve (where that LIS includes an oxide of titanium or niobium) in a first stirred reactor to form a lithium ion complex with the lithium ion sieve, and decomplexing the lithium ion from the lithium ion sieve in a second stirred reactor to form the lithium ion sieve and an acidic lithium salt eluate.