Patent References 2875162 2980607 2993782 3337480 3547686 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 05/790744 filed on 04/25/1977US Classes:521/32, Treated with nitrogen-containing material210/688Heavy metalExaminersPrimary: Schofer, Joseph L.Assistant: Kulkosky, Peter F. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesA23K 1/16 (20060101)B01J 45/00 (20060101) Foreign Application Priority Data1976-04-27 JPAbstractMetal ions, for example, heavy metal ions, alkaline earth metal ions and aluminium ions are eliminated by bringing a liquid containing the metal ions into contact with a special chelate resin in which chelating carboxylic anion groups are associated with basic amino acid cations, for example, lysine, ornithine, histidine, arginine, ,ଲ-diaminopropionic acid, ,γ-diaminobutyric acid, L-citrulline and δ-oxylysine. | |