The invention belongs to the technical field of adsorbent materials, and particularly relates to a modified attapulgite adsorbent and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises: S1, pretreatment: breaking attapulgite, and
grinding to obtain attapulgite
powder; S2, acid modification: dispersing the attapulgite
powder obtained in the step S1 in a
hydrochloric acid solution for 2h at a constant temperature of 20 DEG C, washing with
ultrapure water to achieve a
neutral state, and carrying out
vacuum drying at a temperature of 100-110 DEG C so as to be spare; S3, thermal modification: calcining the acid-modified attapulgite
powder obtained in the step S2 for 2 h at a temperature of 550-850 DEG C, naturally cooling, and screening with a 200 mesh
sieve so as to be spare; andS4, modification with
lanthanum: adding the modified attapulgite powder obtained in the step S3 in a
lanthanum nitrate solution at a constant temperature of 20 DEG C, impregnating for 2 h, dispersingfor 2 h, washing with
ultrapure water to remove residual
lanthanum ions, carrying out
vacuum drying at a temperature of 100-110 DEG C, and screening with a 230 mesh
sieve. According to the present invention, the modified attapulgite adsorbent can effectively remove
phosphorus from
wastewater.