I-IV -- Preface -- Contents in Brief -- Contents -- 1 Ion Exchangers -- 1.1 Introduction to Ion Exchange and Ion Exchangers -- 1.2 Synthetic Ion Exchange Resins -- 1.2.4 Standardization of Test Methods for Ion Exchange Resins -- 1.2.5 Laboratory Experiments and Education in Ion Exchange -- 1.3 Cellulose Ion Exchangers -- 1.4 Dextran and Agarose Ion Exchangers -- 1.5 Zeolites -- 1.6 Clay Minerals as Ion Exchangers -- 1.7 Non-siliceous Inorganic Ion Exchangers -- 1.8 Non-synthetic Ion Exchange Materials -- 1.9 Liquid Ion Exchangers -- 1.10 Ion Exchange Membranes -- 1.11 Polymeric Adsorbents -- 2 Ion Exchangers in Industry An Overview of Industrial Applications -- 2.1 General Ion Exchange Technology -- 2.2 Raw Water Treatment by Ion Exchange -- 2.3 Condensate Polishing -- 2.4 Treatment of Drinking Water with Ion Exchange Resins -- 2.5 Waste Water Treatment and Pollution Control by Ion Exchange -- 2.6 Ion Exchange Systems in Homes, Laboratories and Small Industries -- 2.7 Ion Exchangers in Nuclear Technology -- 2.8 Electroplating Industry and Metal Recovery -- 2.9 Treatment of Pickling Acids with Ion Exchange and Related Processes -- 2.10 Ion Exchangers in the Sweetener Industry -- 2.11 Ion Exchangers as Catalysts -- 2.12 Industrial Ion Exchange Chromatography -- 2.13 Ion Exchange Processes in Hydrometallurgy -- 3 Ion Exchangers in Pharmacy, Medicine and Biochemistry 3.1 Ion Exchange Resins and Polymeric Adsorbents in Pharmacy and Medicine -- 3.2 Ion Exchange Resins in Biochemistry and Biotechnology -- 4 Ion Exchangers as Preparative Agents -- 5 Ion Exchangers in Analytical Chemistry An Introduction to Analytical Applications of Ion Exchangers -- 5.1 Analytical Methods Based on Ion Exchange -- 5.2 Ion Exchange Chromatography -- 6 Theory of Ion Exchange 6.1 Thermodynamics -- 6.2 Ion Exchange Kinetics -- 6.3 The Influence of Polymer Structure on the Reactivity of Bound Ions -- 7 Literature on Ion Exchangers and Ion Exchange -- Appendix I This appendix contains a number of tables listing commercial ion exchange materials and their sources of supply -- Appendix II Computing tables for practical application -- List of Contributors -- Subject Index