Kinetic experiments were carried out to test the basic relationship for ion adsorption in liquid/solid single ionic species systems for Zn^2+ , Cd^2+ , Cu^2+ and Cr(Ⅵ), respectively. The obtained results showed that ion adsorption rate depended not only on contacting time but also on initial ion concentration (C0) and adsorbent concentration (W0) . Classic kinetic equations were found to fit the experimental data well at given C0 and W0, but their parameters varied with C0 and W0 at highly significant levels. Based on a four adsorptio...