Crystalline Cer(IV)-phosphate-sulphates of the formula Ce2O(HPO4)3-x(SO4)x·4H2O with 0 < x < 1 are cation exchangers for ions having a ≤ 6 Å. The extent of the exchange decreases with increasing amount of sulphate in the exchangers. The preparation and the chemical properties of the exchangers as well as the exchange properties with mono- and multivalent cations are studied by tracer- and makrosorption. © 1969.