) and its affinities to the metal halides were determined by analyzing the adsorption isotherms with the help of the model of fixed polydentate centers. The constants of the adsorption equilibria (β, in L mol -1 ) were used as the quantitative characteristics of affinity. For the FeCl 3 adsorption equilibrium the specific concentration of the sorption centers t σ-L + Clis equal to 1.42 and log β 11 = 3.14. The adsorption of CoCl 2 and CuCl 2 (MCl 2 ) is described in a more complicated way:The following values of parameters were obtained: t {σ -L+ Cl-} 2 = 0.20 and 0.115; log β 21 = 4.08 and 3.3 for CoCl 2 and CuCl 2 respectively.