Cd2+ ion imprinted polymer (MFA-IIP) was synthesized by inverse suspension copolymerization of modified fulvic acid monomer. Adsorption study showed that adsorption kinetics of MFA-IIP to Cd2+ is in accordance with pseudo-second-order kinetic model with correlation coefficient of 0.9977. The adsorption of heavy metal ions on MFA-IIP polymer thermodynamically follows single-molecule surface Langmuir adsorption model. In presence of competitive Pb2+ and Cr3+ ions
the polymer exhibited strong selection and recognition to template ion with relative selectivity coefficient of Cd2+/Pb2+ and Cd2+/Cr3+ at 4.32 and 13.47
respectively. When other metal ions with different valences existed in aqueous solution
selective recognition of MFA-IIP polymer to Cd2+ would be much more obvious.