The invention discloses a novel
ion exchange
fiber and its application. The
ion exchange
fiber is directly prepared by directly selecting raw materials having
ion exchange functions without obtaining functional groups through a
chemical treatment of
grafting. The preparation method of the
ion exchange fiber is simple, is in favor of the industrialized
continuous production of products, and has a low economic cost. The
ion exchange fiber prepared in the invention has the advantages of large exchange capacity, fast
elution and adsorption speed, and the like. The filament
diameter and the exchange capacity of the
ion exchange fiber prepared in the invention are 5-100mum and 3.0-5.8mmol / g respectively. The matrix fiber of the ion exchange fiber has good comprehensive performances comprising good mechanical performances, high
temperature resistance, acid and alkali resistance and the like. The preparation method of the novel ion exchange fiber comprises the following steps: mixing the raw materials comprising
polystyrene (PS) and
polyethylene (PE) with a compatilizer according to a certain weight ratio, adjusting an optimum
spinning temperature, and carrying out
melt spinning to prepare the base material of the ion exchange fiber; and carrying out
chemical treatment of the base material to prepare the cation exchange fiber having sulfonic groups. The novel ion exchange fiber can be widely applied to the
environmental protection field, the
medicine and health field, the metallurgical filed, the
water treatment field, the
chemical adsorption field, the
resource recovery field and the like.