What kind of resin is used in water softener?

Most water softeners use the standard resins like the C-100-E Na. Which is for is a Cation Resin, with 8\% Cross link that has been pre charged with sodium. This resin is great when you have water with less then 3-5 p.p.m. of dissolved Iron.

Are water softener resin beads toxic?

Water softener resin is not toxic, and the beads can’t escape from the water softener cylinder. Each resin is sodium charged, calcium and magnesium ions are attracted to the resin, sodium ions jump off the resin. This is ion exchange.

What is the purpose of the resin in an ion exchange softener?

Resin consists of small, bead-like plastic spheres, which are packed in a “bed” inside the tank of a water softener. These little beads hold a negative charge that will attract any positively charged ions. The pre-charged resin beads are initially coated with sodium ions, which naturally hold a positive charge.

What are water softeners made of?

A water softener is made up of three components: a control valve, a mineral tank, and a brine tank. These three work in conjunction to remove the minerals from hard water, monitor the flow of water, and periodically clean the system through a regeneration process.

Do all water softeners have resin?

Most modern water softeners use 8\% crosslink resin. A few High Performance Water Softeners use 10\% crosslink resin, which has more “links in the chain” to increase durability.

Where are the resin beads in a water softener?

Resin Bed
The Resin Bed is a collection of thousands of tiny resin beads inside of the water softener’s tank. When water enters the softener, it flows through the resin bed and comes into contact with the resin beads to generate soft water.

How long do resin beads last in a water softener?

10 to 15 years
If your water softener doesn’t put out any soft water or it regenerates and runs out of soft water quickly (in just a day or so), you probably have a damaged “resin bed.” A water softener resin bed normally lasts 10 to 15 years.

What is meant by cation exchange resin and anion exchange resin?

There are two general types of ion exchange resins: those that exchange positive ions, called cation exchange resins, and those that exchange negative ions, called anion exchange resins. A cation is an ion with a positive charge.

How does softener resin work?

HOW DOES IT WORK? A water softener is packed with water softener resin beads. Hard water with calcium and magnesium flows through this resin and, in a process called ion exchange, the hardness ions in the water trade places with soft ions on the resin beads. The result is soft water.

What are resin beads made of?

Resins are usually made from the polystyrene polymer backbone and differ only by their specific functional groups. The ion exchange systems are usually regenerated with sodium chloride. The strength of the solution depends on the strength of the adsorption bond.