The behaviour of the removal of the sulfuroxyanions, S@,-, S,o2,-, S,@,and S,o2,-, in aqueous solutions by Mgo,6,A10.~6~o.,30 (0:vacancy) was investigated at 4 0 4 0 T . All the sulfuroxyanions were removed from solution competitively with OH-to form the hydrotalcite-like compounds. The rate of the removal was first order with respect to the concentration of the sulfuroxyanion in the solution, and the apparent activation energy was about 60 W mol-I. All the sulfuroxyanions intercalated in the interlayer of hydrotalcite structure decomposed to SO<-at I W 3 W C .