Understanding Ion Exchange Processes

This versatile water treatment technology tackles many different problems.

Most readers will have enough understanding of the word “ion” to associate it with chemistry class. Just the word itself can immediately evoke fear in those who dreaded the subject in their school days. The purpose of this article is to simplify the understanding of this amazing process and to familiarize readers with the capabilities and uses of ion exchange.

Ions simply are charged particles. Most often when we talk about ions, we think of charged particles that are free-floating, or dissolved, in a solution. And most of the time we think of water as the solvent for such solutions.