Some of synthetic fluorine mica have been known as selective adsorbents for small amount of K
+ from aqueous solutions in the presence of a large amount of Na
+. Especially, sodium ionexchanged taeniolite, NaMg
2LiSi
4O
10F
10·2H
2O,(Na
+T) shows an excellent selectivity for K
+ from seawater. This study reported ion-exchange characteristics of Na
+T for Ca
2+ and Mg
2+, which may interfere the K
+ ion-exchange reaction on Na
+T in seawater, and for NH
4+, which has very similar chemical character to that of K
+. The removal behavior of K
+ in the presence of these cations was also studied. Na
+T selectively took up NH
4+, Ca
2+, and Mg
2+ from mixed aqueouss olution of their chloride and NaCl. The sequence of the selectivity showed K
+≥NH
4+>Mg
2+>Ca
2+. There were few influences of the presence of Ca
2+ or Mg
2+ on the K
+ ion-exchange characteristics. The ratio of K
+/NH
4+ in the ion-exchanged Na
+T was the same as that of the aqueous solutions. In conclusion, Na+T can be used as the selective adsorbent for K
+ and NH
4+ from seawater and living wastewaters.
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