03582 IUPAC Gold Book - liquid ion exchange 10.1351/goldbook.L03582 L03582 current synonym: solvent ion exchange 1 A term used to describe a liquid-liquid extraction process that involves a transfer of ionic species from the extractant to the aqueous phase in exchange for ions from the aqueous phase. The term does not imply anything concerning the nature of the bonding in the extracted complex. The term solvent ion exchange is not recommended. extractant https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/E02299 ion exchange https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/I03167 liquid-liquid extraction https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/L03587 PAC, 1993, 65, 2373. 'Nomenclature for liquid-liquid distribution (solvent extraction) (IUPAC Recommendations 1993)' on page 2378 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199365112373) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/L03582/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/L03582/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/L03582/plain Citation: 'liquid ion exchange' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.L03582 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-07-26T13:49:57+00:00