Self-made composite adsorbent resins comprising of Bentonite/sodium lignosulfonate graft-polymerized with acrylamide and maleic anhydride (Bentonite/LS-g-AM-co-MAH) were used to investigate the effect of competitive cations and coexisting anions in supporting electrolyte on the adsorption of Pb2+onto Bentonite/LS-g-AM-co-MAH. The results show that, under the presence of Li+, Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Ni2+, Co2+, Zn2+, Cd2+and Cu2+in the solution, the removal capacities of Pb2+reduce and the order of decreasing effect is as follows: Cu2+>Cd2+>Zn2+>Co2+>Ni2+>Ca2+>Mg2+>K+>Na+&g...