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. 2015 Mar 12;2015:836287. doi: 10.1155/2015/836287

Table 1.

Isotherm model parameters of the metal adsorption on the magnetic GO.

System Metals pH Langmuir Freundlich
q max⁡ a k L b R 2 k F c 1/n d R 2
Single metal Cu(II) 4.0 6.24 ± 0.21e 0.13 ± 0.01e 0.998 0.96 ± 0.08e 0.55 ± 0.03e 0.992
Pb(II) 15.48 ± 0.95 0.63 ± 0.17 0.981 5.91 ± 0.29 0.37 ± 0.02 0.991
Cd(II) 1.28 ± 0.03 0.14 ± 0.01 0.999 0.21 ± 0.02 0.52 ± 0.04 0.985
Cu(II) 6.0 23.09 ± 1.45 0.59 ± 0.14 0.987 8.59 ± 0.42 0.39 ± 0.03 0.993
Pb(II) 38.50 ± 3.16 4.62 ± 1.72 0.963 27.97 ± 1.28 0.31 ± 0.04 0.967
Cd(II) 4.41 ± 0.19 0.64 ± 0.12 0.981 1.89 ± 0.29 0.29 ± 0.07 0.856
Cu(II) 7.0 59.44 ± 3.64 3.47 ± 0.54 0.991 48.43 ± 1.91 0.46 ± 0.04 0.982
Pb(II) 81.49 ± 9.94 8.41 ± 1.97 0.992 151.17 ± 31.26 0.63 ± 0.09 0.96
Cd(II) 9.92 ± 0.55 0.69 ± 0.18 0.974 4.18 ± 0.59 0.31 ± 0.06 0.899

Multimetal Cu(II) 4.0 4.33 ± 0.08 0.16 ± 0.01 0.999 0.77 ± 0.10 0.53 ± 0.05 0.977
Pb(II) 10.27 ± 0.72 0.73 ± 0.25 0.967 4.41 ± 0.39 0.32 ± 0.04 0.964
Cd(II) 4.59 ± 0.15 0.11 ± 0.01 0.999 0.58 ± 0.07 0.60 ± 0.05 0.984
Cu(II) 6.0 18.37 ± 1.07 1.36 ± 0.44 0.975 9.36 ± 0.87 0.30 ± 0.05 0.945
Pb(II) 27.71 ± 1.19 7.05 ± 2.00 0.980 20.45 ± 1.18 0.22 ± 0.04 0.942
Cd(II) 5.34 ± 0.21 0.24 ± 0.03 0.996 1.26 ± 0.08 0.47 ± 0.03 0.992
Cu(II) 7.0 46.77 ± 0.96 4.04 ± 0.26 0.998 36.13 ± 2.07 0.39 ± 0.06 0.951
Pb(II) 43.03 ± 4.83 64.84 ± 33.86 0.911 50.63 ± 2.07 0.17 ± 0.02 0.981
Cd(II) 6.78 ± 0.32 0.98 ± 0.24 0.976 3.12 ± 0.21 0.31 ± 0.03 0.975

aMaximum adsorption capacity estimated by Langmuir isotherm model (mg g−1).

bAdsorption affinity estimated by Langmuir isotherm model (L mg−1).

cFreundlich model capacity ((mg/g) (L/mg)1/n).

dFreundlich model site heterogeneity factor (dimensionless).

eStandard errors.