Acros Organics Dowex 50WX8 100-200 Mesh Strong Acid Cation Exchange Resin

The Acros Organics Dowex 50WX8 100-200 mesh is a strong acid cation exchange resin featuring sulfonic acid functional groups, optimized for high-capacity ion exchange applications in laboratory settings. This resin is presented in moist bead or spherical form with a fine particle size (100-200 mesh), facilitating efficient analytical separations, deionization, and sample preparation workflows essential in molecular diagnostics and bioprocessing.

Key technical characteristics include:

• Ion exchange capacity: Minimum 1.7 meq/mL wet volume capacity in the hydrogen (H) form
• Water retention: Between 50% - 58% in H form, supporting stable hydration states during use
• Physical form: Moist beige to brown beads or spheres, insoluble in water ensuring chemical stability throughout processes
• Particle size distribution: 15% maximum on 60 mesh and through 170 mesh, providing uniform ion exchange performance
• Packaging: Supplied in a convenient plastic bottle containing 2.5 kg resin suitable for laboratory-scale and small biopharmaceutical production runs

This resin is widely used in biotechnology applications such as synthetic biology research and molecular biology workflows, and is critical in biopharmaceutical production pipelines for deionization and sample purification. Its robust ion exchange capability makes it suitable for clinical diagnostics, biochemical separations, and live-cell imaging sample preparations where precise ionic environment control is required.

Manufactured in the United States, the Dowex 50WX8 resin is a reliable material for researchers and scientists demanding consistent performance in cation exchange chromatography and bioprocessing applications.