Ion exchange equilibria and kinetics are determined for lysine adsorption on the strong acid cation exchanger DIAION SK-1B at temperatures of 25, 40, and 60 degrees C. The ion exchange equilibrium is found to be independent of temperature. Conversely, the kinetics of ion exchange increases dramatically as the temperature is increased. Average ion exchange selectivity coefficients of 6.0 g/cm(3) and 0.52 are obtained for the ion exchange of divalent and monovalent cationic lysine with hydrogen ion, respectively. Resin phase diffusivities are determined by fitting batch binary ion-exchange data with a mass transfer model based on the Nernst-Planck equations. As the temperature is increased from 25 to 60 degrees C, the resin phase diffusivity increases from 0.04 x 10(-6) to 0.14 x 10(-6) cm(2)/s for divalent lysine and from 0.16 x 10(-6) to 0.55 x 10(-6) cm(2)/s for monovalent lysine. The combination of temperature-independent ion exchange equilibria and faster mass transfer at higher temperatures results in higher dynamic binding capacity and more efficient desorption of lysine when ion exchange is operated at an elevated temperature. This behavior is confirmed by means of column adsorption/desorption experiments whose results are found to be in agreement with a model incorporating the equilibrium and mass transfer data obtained in this work.