Experiments on the effect of the molar ratio of CaCO3 to Pb2+ (Ca/Pb molar ratio) was carried out at fixed Pb2+ initial concentration at 500 mg/L, the volume ratio of milling balls to the used solution at 10%, the milling time at 200 min and the milling speed at 200 rpm. The molar ratio of Ca/Pb was varied at 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0. The changes in Pb removal rate are shown in Fig. 1(a), and XRD patterns of the residues are shown in Fig. 1(b). The removal rate increased almost