Tungsten (W) and
molybdenum (Mo) are important strategic resources
but the two coexist in both primary ore and waste. Before a single
metal product is obtained, it is often necessary to separate the two.
In this work, we reported two new polyamine resins (D301@PA and D301@TA),
which can be obtained by an assembled amine (primary amine or tertiary
amine) and traditional D301 resin by the dipping method. Then, the
sorption experiments with the amine resins were carried out, and the
selectivity and sorption capacity of the two new polyamine resins
for MoS
4
2–
have been significantly improved.
Among them, D301@TA showed the highest sorption capacity of 414 mg·g
–1
and a separation factor of 108. Finally, the sorption
mechanism can be inferred through scanning electron microscopy (SEM),
Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) analysis, and X-ray photoemission
spectroscopy (XPS); the Cl
–
ions in the amine resin
and the MoS
4
2–
ions were subjected to
ion exchange. This work provides a green and efficient approach for
separating tungsten and molybdenum.