An organic polymeric resin was synthesized by anchoring
Math/MathML" id="aoc3546-eo-2000">p-aminobenzoic acid onto
macroporous chloromethylated polystyrene beads, and was used for Zn(II) removal from aqueous solutions. The resin exhibited an initially rapid adsorption property for Zn(II) with equilibrium time of 10 h and the
maximum adsorption capability approached 184.5 mg g
−1. Optimum pH was 4.5. The mechanism of adsorption was investigated using kinetic, isotherm and thermodynamic models. The adsorption kinetic data were described well by a pseudo second-order model with
R2 of 0.997. There was a negative Δ
G (−17.98 kJ mol
−1) and positive Δ
H (13.58 kJ mol
−1). HCl solution (1.0 mol l
−1) could achieve an elution rate of 100%. The experimental data were well fitted by the Tho
mas model with
R2 of 0.9826. Copyright