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. 2023 Jun 16;30(34):82387–82405. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-27688-6

Table 5.

Calculated parameters for four kinetic models, including pseudo-first-order (PFO), pseudo-second-order (PSO), Elovich, and Weber–Morris (WM)

Models Parameter Value
PRO PMT

Pseudo-first order (PFO)

dqtdt= k1(qe−qt)

K1 (min−1) 2.054 1.832
qe (mg/g) 75.29 74.07
R2 0.4337 0.7188

Pseudo-second order (PSO)

dqtdt= k2(qe−qt)2

K2 (g.mg−1.min−1) 0.069 0.064
qe(mg/g) 76.95 75.68
R2 0.7746 0.9628

Elovich model

qt = 1β×ln(1+αβt)

α 3.00 × 1010 1.67 × 1011
β 0.34 0.374
R2 0.9855 0.8794

Weber − Morris model (WM)

qt=KIt0.5+C

KI 1.420 1.177
C 68.60 68.13
R2 0.8542 0.6245

where K2 is rate constant (g.mg−1.min−1) and qt is adsorbed quantity at time t; while α and β are initial sorption concentration rate (mg.g−1.min−1), and desorption constant (g/mg), KI is intraparticle diffusion rate constant (mg.g−1.min−0.5), and C is boundary thickness effect