“…1 Being a hydrophobic adsorbent, HCPS has a good wetting ability by water, and fine particles of HCPS can form a compact precipitate. It was found 2,3 that non-modified HCPS (a neutral polymer) exhibits strong anion-exchange ability towards inorganic anions. This property was attributed 4 to the presence of carbonyl groups at the surface of HCPS, which, under acid conditions, are protonated and can be responsible for the anion-exchange properties of HCPS.…”