Lewatit® S 8229 is a weakly acidic, macroporous cation exchange resin based on crosslinked polyacrylate. It is bead-shaped and has a special bead size distribution for use in household filter systems and technical drinking water plants.

Business Unit
Ion Exchange Resins

Properties and benefits
On account of its high total capacity, excellent mechanical and chemical stability and osmotic properties, in the buffered hydrogen form, by avoiding any mineral acidic effluent,  Lewatit® S 8229 is suitable for:

• decarbonisation and softening of drinking water, e.g. brewery water treatment, and the use in household filter systems.

Since it has a low regenerant requirement, Lewatit®S 8229    is a particulary economical product for the decarbonisation of drinking water and liquids which are used as foodstuffs or in the production of foodstuffs.

Lewatit® S 8229 complies with current German legislation on food and food-contact uses and is tested and certified under NSF/ANSI Standard 61 "Drinking Water System components - Health Effects".
 
Lewatit®S 8229 is in compliance with the European Resolution ResAP (2004)3 (superseding the former Resolution AP (97)1) with regard to Total Organic Carbon (TOC) release according the AFNOR test T90-601.

Synonyms
Ion Exchange Resin