Table 4.

Chemical and physical properties of the macroporous resins employed.

Macroporous Resin	Polymer Chemistry	Polarity	Particle Size (mm)	Surface Area (m2/g)	Average pore Diameter (nm)	Moisture Content (%)
X-5	Polystyrene	Non-polar	0.30–1.25	500–600	29–30	50.13 ± 0.17
D-101	Polystyrene	Non-polar	0.30–1.25	480–530	9–11	67.89 ± 0.27
HPD-100	Polystyrene	Non-polar	0.30–1.25	≥650	8–9	68.39 ± 0.48
D1300	Polystyrene	Non-polar	0.30–1.25	≥600	9–10	68.27 ± 0.57
D3520	Polystyrene	Non-polar	0.30–1.25	480–520	8.5–9	71.56 ± 0.18
AB-8	Polystyrene	Weak-polar	0.30–1.25	480–520	13–4	68.33 ± 0.61
DM130	Polystyrene	Weak-polar	0.30–1.25	500–550	9–10	66.00 ± 0.32
DS-8	Polystyrene	Weak-polar	0.30–1.25	500–550	12–14	63.55 ± 0.10
DM-301	Polystyrene	Middle-polar	0.30–1.25	≥330	14–17	65.48 ± 1.32
ADS-17	Polystyrene	Middle-polar	0.30–1.25	90–150	25–30	55.16 ± 1.09
S-8	Polystyrene	Polar	0.30–1.25	100–200	28–30	67.12 ± 0.35
NKA-9	Polystyrene	Polar	0.30–1.25	250–290	15.5–16.5	70.22 ± 0.23
DA-201	Polystyrene	Polar	0.30–1.25	≥200	10–13	70.64 ± 0.52

Note: The information was provided by the manufacturers, except for the moisture content.