Research Article

Selective Chelating Resin for Copper Removal and Recovery in Aqueous Acidic Solution Generated from Synthetic Copper-Citrate Complexes from Bioleaching of E-waste

Figure 1

Possible sorption process reaction of copper (II) ion removal onto iminodiacetic acid (a), bispicolylamine (b), and aminomethyl (c) groups in the acidic solutions.
(a) Iminodiacetic acid group
(b) Bispicolylamine group
(c) Aminomethyl group