Extraktion von Metallionen aus wässrigen Lösungen

Use of a porous, preferably dimensionally stable, hydrophobic polymer for the extraction of metal ions from an aqueous solution, with the polymer being in the form of a regenerative granulate or powder having an average particle diameter of 0,1 to 10 mm and pores of 0,1 to 50 mu m, which is obtained by the dissolving of a polymer, with heating, at a temperature above the upper critical decomposition temperature Tc in a complexing agent containing hydrophobic liquid, followed by lowering of the temperature, resulting in a porous polymer filled with the hydrophobic liquid, and the mechanical diminution of the solidified mass. Favourable results have been attained using polypropylene as the hydrophobic polymer, bis(2,4,4-trimethylpentyl)thiophosphinic acid as the complexing agent, and with a mixture of dibenzyl toluene and/or polypropylene glycol ether being part of the hydrophobic liquid.