Hydrogen sulfide is removed from natural gas via adsorption on zeolites. The process operates very effectively, but there is stillpotential for improvement. Therefore, in this article, the adsorption of hydrogen sulfide was investigated on eight LTA zeoliteswith different cation compositions. Starting with the zeolite NaA (4 A), which contains only Na⁺ cations, the Ca²⁺ cationcontent was gradually increased by ion exchange. Equilibrium isotherms from cumulative breakthrough curve experiments in afixed-bed adsorber at 25°C and 85°C at 1.3 bar (abs.) were determined in the trace range up to a concentration of 2000 ppmmol.From a comparison of the isotherms of the different materials, a mechanistic proposal for the adsorption is developed, takinginto account the specific positions of the cations in the zeolite lattice when the degree of exchange is increased. The shape of theisotherms indicates two energetically different types of adsorption sites. It is assumed that two mechanisms are superimposed: achemisorptive mechanism with dissociation of hydrogen sulfide and covalent bonding of the proton and the hydrogen sulfideion to the zeolite lattice and a physisorptive mechanism by electrostatic interaction with the cations in the lattice. As the degreeof exchange increases, the proportion of chemisorption sites seems to decrease. Above an exchange degree of 50%, only evidenceof physisorption can be found. It is shown that thisfinding points to the involvement of weakly bound sodium cations at cationposition III in the chemisorption of hydrogen sulfide.