Nanoporous tin(II/IV) phosphate materials, with spherical morphology, have been synthesized using cetyltrimethylammonium chloride[CH
3(CH
2)
15N(CH
3)
3Cl] as the surfactant. The structure of thematerial is stable at 500
C; however, partial oxidation of thematerial occurs with redox conversion of Sn
2+ to Sn
4+, resulting ina mixed Sn
II/Sn
IV material. Preliminary batch contact studies wereconducted to assess the effectiveness of nanoporous tin phosphate,NP-SnPO, in sequestering redox-sensitive metals and radionuclides, technetium(VII), neptunium(V), thorium(IV), and a toxic metal,chromium(VI), from aqueous matrixes. Results indicate that tin(II)phosphate removed >95% of all contaminants investigated fromsolution.