The carbon derived from sheep bone with zinc chloride activation was applied for the adsorption of mercury (II). The
effect of solution temperature, adsorption time, pH value and initial concentration of mercury(II) ions on the
adsorption ability was investigated in a bfigatch process mode. The morphology and structure were characterized by
scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The BET surface area and pore volume of the prepared sheep
bone charcoal were 83.98 m2/g and 0.246 cm3/g, respectively. The equilibrium data were fitted to linear and
Freundlich isotherm.