“…Many processes have been developed for the removal of heavy metal from aqueous media, including adsorption (2)(3)(4), biosorption (5), chemical precipitation (6), filtration and membrane processes (7,8), solvent extraction (9), and ion exchange (10,11) processes. Among these methods, ion exchange has increasingly received more attention in recent years because of its relative simplicity, lower cost, and higher efficiency in removing of heavy metal ions from wastewaters (12).…”