A4000

Strong acid cation softening resin

A4000 is a high purity, premium grade, pretreated, strongly acidic gel-type cation exchange resin specially designed for residential drinking water treatment. The A4000 is a bead type, crosslinked, polystyrene divinylbenzene resin that offers excellent bead integrity and very low extractables. The product is highly suitable for a wide variety of drinking water treatment applications. A4000 has a light amber color and is specially pretreated to remove taste, odor and color throw. A4000 meets the requirements of FDA regulation CFR section 21, 173.25.
Typical Properties Type Form Functional group Whole bead count Ionic form, as shipped Bead size Effective size Bulk density Real density Water retention Total capacity Volume change Ca > Na Stability, temperature Stability, pH Color throw
2+ +

Key Features and Benefits Crosslinked polystyrene divinylbenzene Gel-type, amber, spherical beads Sulfonic acid 93% min. Na
+

Pretreated and Rinsed Guarantees minimal color throw and eliminates taste and odor High Integrity Beads Excellent resistance to mechanical degradation ensures low pressure drop Low Extractables FDA Compliance Specially treated to eliminate leaching of organic matter, assuring compliance with FDA regulation CFR section 21, 173.25.

16x40 US mesh (0.42-1.25 mm) 0.45 0.07 mm 52 lb/ft3 (840 kg/m3) 1.28 g/cm3 45-48% 1.90 eq/l min. 8% max. 250F (120C) max. 0-14 25 APHA max.

Typical Applications Residential softening Industrial softening Municipal softening

Standard Packaging Standard Design Conditions Bed depth Service flow rate Backwash expansion NaCl concentration for regeneration Regeneration level NaCl flow rate for regeneration Rinse rate (slow) Rinse rate (fast) Turbidity Free chlorine >30 in (750 mm) 2-5 gpm/ft3 (16-40 l/h/l) 50-75% 8-15% 80-300 g/l 0.25-0.50 gpm/ft3 (2-4 l/h/l) 1-3 bed volumes at regeneration flow rate 3-6 bed volumes at service flow rate <5.0 NTU <1 ppm 1 cu.ft. (28 l) PE valve bags 40 cu.ft. (1132 l) super sacks

A4000
Strong acid cation softening resin
Pressure Drop
Flow Rate, gpm/ft2 16 24

Backwash Expansion
Flow Rate, gpm/ft2 8 12

1.2

32

40 5

120

16

20

1.0 Pressure Drop, kg/cm2/m 4 Pressure Drop, psi/ft 0.8 3 0.6

F 40 C) (5

100

Bed Expansion, %

80

C) (10 F 50
) (21C 70F 7C) 80F (2

60

0.4

40

0.2

20

0 0 20 40 60 80 100 Flow Rate, m/h

0 0 10 20 30 40 50 Flow Rate, m/h

Capacity Information
NaCl Regeneration, g/l 160 240

Hardness Leakage Information

NaCl Regeneration, g/l 160 240

1.8

80

320

400

12

80

40 F (5 C) 50 F (10 C) 70 F (2 1 80 C) F (2 7 C)

320

400

1.6

Hardness Leakage, ppm as CaCO3

35

10

Capacity, eq/l

1.4

30

Capacity, kg/ft3

1.2 25 1.0 20 0.8 15 0.6 0 5 10 15

3

0 20 25 0 5 10 15 20 25 NaCl Regeneration, lb/ft NaCl Regeneration, lb/ft3

Capacity and Hardness Leakage graphs are shown assuming a service flow of 4 gpm/ft3 (32 l/h/l) and total dissolved solids of 400 ppm and 20 grains of total hardness. The capacity and hardness leakage will increase with increasing total dissolved solids and total hardness.

N O T I C E Ala mo Water Refiners reserves the right to change product specifications without prior notification. The information contained in this datasheet is intended to assist a customer in the evaluation and selection of products supplied by Alamo Water Refiners. The customer is responsible for determining whether products and the information contained in this document are appropriate for the customers use. Alamo Water Refiners assumes no obligation or liability for the usage of the information in this datasheet, no guarantees or warranties, expressed or implied, are provided. Alamo Water Refiners disclaims responsibility and the user must accept full responsibility for performance of systems based on this data.

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