By using batch sorption method, sorption behaviors of nonionic surfactant Brij35, Brij30, Tween-80 and TritonX-100 in soil/sedi- ments were investigated and sorption characteristics of Brij35, Brij30 in soil treated with different chemicals were compared. The results showed that the Langmuir model was appropriate for describing the sorption isotherms of Brij35, Tween-80 and TritonX-100 in soil/sediments, but sorption isotherms of Brij30 were fitted to the S model, and at the same time the sorption isotherms exhibited a saturate sorption in soil...