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. 2014 Dec 1;11(12):12486–12498. doi: 10.3390/ijerph111212486

Table 1.

Biosorption equilibrium parameters obtained from Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms.

Model Parameters Langmuir Model Parameters Freundlich
qmax(mg/g) 333.33 n (g/L) 1.308
KL(L/mg) 0.002 KF(mg/g) 2.72
R2 0.978 R2 0.981

Notes: qmax: maximum amount of cadmium ion per unit mass of adsorbent; KL: absorption energy; R2: linear correlation coefficients; n: adsorption intensity; KF: adsorption capacity.