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Coal gangue as a solid waste is rich in SiO2 and Al2O3, with the SiO2\/Al2O3 molar ratio closely aligned with the ideal composition of 4A molecular sieves. In this study, through a synergistic pretreatment process involving low-temperature oxidation and hydrochloric acid leaching, the Fe2O3 content in coal gangue was reduced from 7.8 wt% to 1.1 wt%, markedly enhancing raw material purity. The alkali fusion\u2013hydrothermal synthesis parameters were optimized via orthogonal experiments\u2014calcination (750 \u00b0C, 2 h), aging (60 \u00b0C, 2 h), and crystallization (95 \u00b0C, 6 h) to maintain cubic symmetry, yielding highly crystalline 4A zeolite. Characterization via XRD, calcium ion adsorption capacity, SEM, and FTIR elucidated the regulatory mechanism of calcination on kaolinite phase transformation and the critical role of alkali fusion in activating silicon\u2013aluminum component release. The as-synthesized zeolite exhibited a cubic morphology, high crystallinity, and sharp diffraction peaks consistent with the 4A zeolite phase. The pH of the zero point charge (pHZPC) of the 4A molecular sieve is 6.13. The 4A molecular sieve has symmetry-driven adsorption sites, and the adsorption of Cu2+ follows a monolayer adsorption mechanism (Langmuir model, R2 = 0.997) with an average standard enthalpy change of 38.96 \u00b1 4.47 kJ\/mol and entropy change of 0.1277 \u00b1 0.0148 kJ\/mol, adhering to pseudo-second-order kinetics (R2 = 0.999). The adsorption process can be divided into two stages. 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