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Results of the study showed higher removal efficiency for modified compared to natural clays. Removal efficiency of Cd, Cu, and Zn for zeolite was increased by 15.5, 30.2 and 21.4%, respectively, after modification. Zn removal by sepiolite remained unchanged after surface modification, whereas Cu and Cd removal was increased respectively by 13.6 and 21.2%. Palygorskite modification process also increased 38.14% of Cu, 25.5% of Zn, and 28.4% of Cd sorption compared to its unmodified form. Equilibrium sorption isotherm studies showed that the experimental data were better fitted by the Freundlich sorption isotherm (r2 &amp;gt; 0.99) than the Langmuir (r2 &amp;gt; 0.82). 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