The invention discloses an attapulgite-
fly ash composite adsorbent as well as a preparation method and application thereof, and the preparation method comprises the following steps: crushing,
grinding and screening natural attapulgite, mixing with dilute sulphuric acid, carrying out constant-temperature oscillation treatment, washing to remove residual dilute sulphuric acid after reaction, filtering and
drying to obtain acidified attapulgite; the preparation method comprises the following steps: adding acidified attapulgite into deionized water, heating and stirring, adding
lanthanum chloride heptahydrate and
polyaluminum chloride powder, and dropwise adding
ammonia water at the same time to realize loading of
lanthanum and aluminum on the surface of the acidified attapulgite; after heating and stirring, filtering and
drying to obtain modified attapulgite; and mixing the modified attapulgite with
fly ash, then carrying out mechanical
grinding treatment, putting the ground sample into a tubular furnace, and carrying out anaerobic
roasting to obtain the attapulgite-
fly ash defluorination adsorbent. The attapulgite-fly ash defluorination adsorbent prepared by the invention has relatively strong selectivity and
specific adsorption effect on
fluorine ions in
wastewater discharged by a
chemical plant, and has renewability.