Abstract-Diatomaceous earth itself has a large specific surface area, porous structured, large aperture and uniform, modest, stable skeleton structure of hole wall, easy to modify, high adsorption capacity, good thermal stability, mechanical stability and water, etc. Make it will benefit the adsorption of heavy metal ions, but single diatomite adsorbing heavy metal ions adsorption rate is not high, this article with manganese oxide modified diatomite, used for adsorption of Cd2+, with a series of characterization methods analyze adsorption principle..Provide a theoretical study for the adsorption of heavy metal ions principle