Selective Removal of Toxic Heavy Metals for Metal Mine Remediation

目前，离子交换树脂在矿井水修复中的应用研究相对较少。虽然上述研究已经实现了金属去除的离子交换过程，但它们要么与其他去除技术结合使用（Feng etal . 2000），要么直接关注具有相同功能的树脂对单一元素的去除（Monteagudo和Ortiz. 2000）。仍然有机会对具有不同功能的树脂进行比较研究，以便从矿山废水中选择性地去除金属。通过对每种树脂的彻底筛选和对选定金属离子的吸附行为的强大建模，希望能够产生对该领域文献做出重大贡献的工作，并最终纳入金属矿山关闭后的管理计划。

Currently, the use of ion exchange resins for mine water remediation remains relatively understudied. While studies such as those presented above have implemented ion exchange processes for metal removal, they have either been used in conjunction with other removal techniques (Feng et al. 2000), or have focussed directly on the removal of a single element by resins with identical functionality (Monteagudo and Ortiz. 2000). There remains an opportunity for the comparative study of resins, each with different functionalities, for the purpose of selective removal of metals from mine drainage. With thorough screening of each resin and robust modelling of adsorption behaviour for select metal ions, it is hoped that work can be produced that will make significant contribution to the literature in the field, and ultimately feed into post-closure management plans for metal mines.