ZINC OXIDE, WITH ITS UNIQUE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES, SUCH AS HIGH CHEMICAL STABILITY, HIGH ELECTROCHEMICAL COUPLING COEFFICIENT, BROAD RANGE OF RADIATION ABSORPTION AND HIGH PHOTOSTABILITY, IS A MULTIFUNCTIONAL MATERIAL [1, 2]. ZINC OXIDE nanoparticles WERE SYNTHESIZED USING A SIMPLE PRECIPITATION METHOD WITH ZINC SULFATE AND SODIUM HYDROXIDE AS STARTING MATERIAL. THE FTIR, TEM AND XRD WERE USED FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF ZNO. THE FTIR AND XRD RESULTS SHOWED FORMATION OF ZNO nano particles. THE TEM IMAGE SHOWED PARTICLE SIZE OF 35 NM FOR ZNO (FIG.1). REMOVAL OF TOXIC CYANIDE IONS FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS BY ZNO particles WAS STUDIED. EFFECT OF DIFFERENT PARAMETERS SUCH AS CONTACT TIME AND PH ON THE REMOVAL OF CYANIDE IONS BY ZNO WAS INVESTIGATED. RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE CONTACT TIME OF 60 MIN (FIG.1) AND PH 2 (FIG.2) MAXIMUM REMOVAL OF CYANIDE ION WAS OCCURRED. THE ZNO nano particles CAN ACTS AS SUFFICIENT SORBENT FOR CYANIDE REMOVAL.