Method for inhibiting nitrosamine formation in anion exchange resins

1. A method for inhibiting formation of nitrosamines comprising:

providing an anion exchange resin together with a nitrite salt, wherein the amount of the nitrite salt is 1000 ng/L or less; and

then mixing a cation exchange resin with the anion exchange resin together with the nitrite salt to inhibit formation of nitrosamines on the anion exchange resin together with the nitrite salt such that the anion exchange resin together with the nitrite salt comprises no more than 15 ng/L nitrosamines,

wherein the mixing comprises adding cation exchange resin to the anion exchange resin in a weight ratio of anion exchange resin to cation exchange resin of from 500:1 to 50:1.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the anion exchange resin comprises a crosslinked polycondensate of an amine and a phenol formaldehyde.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the amine comprises at least one of dimethylamine, trimethylamine, tri-n-propylamine, and tri-n-butylamine.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the cation exchange resin comprises a polymer selected from the group consisting of a sulfonated polymer of at least one of styrene, ethylstyrene, and divinylbenzene, a sulfonated divinylbenzene/styrene copolymer, an acrylic copolymer, a divinylbenzene crosslinked polyacrylate polymer, and combinations thereof.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

disrupting a mechanism of nitrosamine formation by at least one of ionic binding any excess amine compounds and binding excess acid to limit nitronium ion formation.

6. An anion exchange resin prepared using the method of claim 1 .