ResinTech MBD-30 Color Changing Mixed Bed Resin, 1 Cubic Foot
ResinTech MBD-30 is a color changing mixed bed resin. It is a mix of nuclear grade hydrogen and hydroxide form resins. The anion resin will turn from blue to colorless as the resin exhausts. The cation resin, during exhaustion, will change from a blue color to a very light brown color.
This resin is designed to provide deionized water with a resistivity greater than 10 megohm. It is specially intended for use in cartridge applications with clear (see through) housings. Systems such as these are typically designed without purity meters and rely on the color changing feature to know when the resin is exhausted.
Features & Benefits
- Color Changing Resin: Color changes from deep blue to amber as resin exhausts, providing a simple visual indication of depletion
- Designed For Cartridge Use: Optimized particle size and visual indication of exhaustion make the resin an ideal product for use in clear cartridges
- High Total Capacity: Provides long run lengths in single use applications
- Controlled Particle Size: 16 to 50 mesh size provides a low pressure drop and superior kinetics
Applications:
- Cartridge Use: ResinTech MBD-30 premium mixed bed resin is ideal for single use cartridge applications where visual indication of exhaustion is desired. The anion component of MBD-30 is dyes dark blue and turns amber in color as the resin exhausts. The ratio of anion to cation resin is optimized to provide balanced exchange of both cations and anions and to ensure the resin changes color as it exhausts.
- Aquarium Use: ResinTech MBD-20 is ideal for aquarium applications where a color change is useful to indicate resin exhaustion. The mixture is specially formulated so that the color change is sharp and easy to see. The dye sed in MBD-30 is non-hazardous and is permanently absorbed by the resin and does not come out.
- Steam Iron Use: ResinTech MBD-30 can be used in clear cartridges or pouches for steam iron and other miscellaneous uses of deionized water. The mixture remains active even when fluidized and effectively removes hardness and other salts from the water so that scale dos not form on heating surfaces during use.
- Polymer Structure: Styrene/DVB
- Polymer Type: Gel
- Physical Form: Spherical Beads
- Ionic Form as Shipped: Hydrogen/Hydroxide
- Column Capacity: >0.3 meq/mL
- Volume Ration Cation/Anion: 50/50 percent
- Water Retention: 52 to 62 percent
- Approximate Shipping Weight: 43 lbs per cu. ft.
- Screen Size Distribution (US Mesh): 16 to 50
- Resin Color
- Cation: Amber
- Anion: Blue
Suggested Operating Conditions
- Maximum Continuous Temperature: 140°F
- Minimum Bed Depth: 24 Inches
- Backwash Expansion: 50 to 100 percent
- Maximum Pressure Loss: 25 psi
- Operating pH Range: 2 to 12 SU
- Service Flow Rate: 1 to 5 gpm per cu. ft.
