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. 2024 Jul 18;25(14):7871. doi: 10.3390/ijms25147871

Table 5.

Results of isotherm models for DCH sorption on the zwitterionic microparticles.

PB1 PB2 PB3
T (K) 298 303 308 298 303 308 298 303 308
Langmuir model
qm (mg/g) a 142.81 153.27 160.48 139.50 150.96 154.29 138.14 143.58 148.17
KL (L/g) b 45.410 51.616 60.121 28.999 34.989 43.831 28.806 32.678 37.527
R2 c 0.997 0.996 0.996 0.995 0.996 0.997 0.995 0.995 0.997
χ2 d 0.167 0.246 0.243 0.475 0.430 0.224 0.468 0.464 0.288
Freundlich model
KF (L/g) e 142.34 153.21 160.77 138.07 150.26 150.04 136.72 142.57 147.54
1/nF f 0.071 0.067 0.061 0.101 0.091 0.077 0.101 0.094 0.085
R2 c 0.955 0.953 0.953 0.948 0.959 0.947 0.963 0.962 0.957
χ2 d 2.857 3.239 3.210 5.404 4.398 4.703 3.792 3.779 4.054
Dubinin-Radushkevich model
qm (mg/g) a 142.15 152.77 160.15 138.16 149.94 153.62 136.79 142.45 147.26
E (kJ/mol) g 9.739 10.417 11.273 8.021 8.804 9.848 8.003 8.573 9.232
R2 c 0.999 0.998 0.999 0.997 0.998 0.999 0.997 0.998 0.999
χ2 d 0.019 0.090 0.052 0.279 0.165 0.046 0.272 0.231 0.052

a qm—the maximum sorption capacity; b KL—the Langmuir constant; c R2—correlation coefficient; d χ2—chi-square test; e KF—the Freundlich constant; f nF—empirical constant; g E—sorption energy.