Process for complete or selective removal of salts from aqueous solution

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Abstract of the Disclosure A process by which salts are removed or recovered from an aqueous solution by means of a polyether by contacting the, aqueous solution with active carbon impregnated with a cyclic or linear polyether, and then eluting ether and salt successively from the carbon. The aqueous solution of salts may be passed through a column packed with the active carbon impregnated with a polyether. The polyether may be recovered from the carbon by elution with a nonpolar or slightly polar water-immiscible organic solvent, and the salt(s) may then be recovered by elution with water.