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. 2014 Apr 17;9(4):e95162. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095162

Table 3. Fitting results of the kinetic and isotherm models to adsorption data of emulsified oil by A. polytricha.

Model Parameter Value
Kinetic model
Pseudo-first-order qe (mg g−1) 202
k 1 (s−1) 1.62
R 2 0.948
RMSD 6.91
Pseudo-second-order qe (mg g−1) 210
k 2 (g mg−1 s−1) 0.0137
R 2 0.856
RMSD 11.4
Isotherm model
Langmuir KL (L mg−1) 0.00339
qm (mg g−1) 487
R 2 0.879
RMSD 41.1
Freundlich KF (L−1/n mg− (1−1/n) g−1) 26.4
N 2.68
R 2 0.720
RMSD 62.6
Langmuir-Freundlich KL' (L mg−1) 0.00493
n' 2.39
qm (mg g−1) 398
R 2 0.985
RMSD 13.4