| CPC B01J 20/265 (2013.01) [B01J 20/26 (2013.01); B01J 20/28016 (2013.01); B01J 20/30 (2013.01); B01J 20/3085 (2013.01); B01J 20/34 (2013.01); B01J 20/3475 (2013.01); C02F 1/285 (2013.01); B01J 2220/445 (2013.01); B01J 2220/58 (2013.01); C02F 2101/10 (2013.01); C02F 2101/20 (2013.01); C02F 2303/16 (2013.01); Y02P 10/20 (2015.11)] | 9 Claims |

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1. Adsorbent particles for recovering a rare earth element, each of the adsorbent particles comprising:
a carrier particle containing an organic polymer;
an amino group-containing polymer adhered to a surface of the carrier particle; and
a diglycolic acid residue bonded to the amino group of the amino group-containing polymer,
wherein the amino group-containing polymer comprises polyethyleneimine, polylysine, or a mixture thereof and has a molecular weight of 200 or more and 10,000 or less, and
wherein the diglycolic acid residue interacts with and adsorbs the rare earth element to be recovered.
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