Kinetics study and thermodynamic behavior for removing cesium, cobalt and nickel ions from aqueous solution using nano-zirconium vanadate ion exchanger

► SEM confirms that particle size of the prepared ZrV samples have nano-diameters. ► The kinetics of Cs sorption onto ZrV can be described by the 2nd and Elovich models. ► Co and Ni sorption kinetics may be described by the 1st, 2nd-order, Elovich models. ► Sorption of Cs, Co and Ni ions onto homogeneous precipitated nano-ZrV is endothermic. ► The studied ion exchange processes are endothermic processes for all studied ZrV.