DOWEX DR-G8

DOWEX™ DR-G8 is a dried cation resin designed as a processing aid to reduce and remove trace salts, soaps, glycerin and other organics from a crude biodiesel stream. This dried media will also serve as a desiccant media to retain and remove trace water.

This resin can be employed as a cost effective and simple to implement solution to purify the biodiesel after the phase separation and demethylation steps. This processing aid can assist you in cleaning your biodiesel and attaining ASTM or EU specifications.

Product Name	Type	Matrix	Functional Group
DOWEX DR-G8	Stong Acid Cation	Styrene-DVB, Gel	Sulfonic acid

Guaranteed Sales Specification	Units	H+ Form
Total Exchange Capacity, min.	eq/L	> 4.5 dried
Bead Size Distribution
300-1200 μm, min. (50 mesh - 16 mesh)	%	90

Typical Physical and Chemical Properties	Units	H+ Form
Water Content	%	< 3
Total Swelling (Na+→H+)	%	8
Particle Density	g/mL	1.22
Shipping Weight	Pounds dry resin/5 cu ft drum	200
Shipping Weight	Kg dry resin/5 cu ft drum	90.7

For additional particle size information, please refer to the Particle Size Distribution Cross Reference Chart (40KB PDF).