term applied to a variety of materials, usually organic, which have the capacity of exchanging the ions in solutions passed through them. Different varieties of resin are used dependent on the nature (cationic or anionic) of the ions to be exchanged. Many of the resins in present-day use are based on polystyrene networks cross-linked with divinyl benzene.
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