Abstract
Recently, carbon materials containing fullerenes have been used as sorbents. The purpose of the study was to explore and compare the sorption properties with respect to heavy metal ions of fullerene-containing materials. This will allow choosing the most effective way of obtaining fullerene-containing sorbents for use in processes of cleaning of environmental objects. For our research, several types of sorbents obtained from shungite and graphite were selected. The results showed that fullerene-containing sorbents bind a significant part of pollutants and reduce the toxicity of the soil. Nevertheless, complete purification from metals is not observed. The obtained results are the basis for further studying the sorption properties of carbon nanomaterials and are of practical importance in the field of nanotechnology, ecology, ecotoxicology, chemical technology of inorganic substances and other.