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. 2016 Nov 25;14:21. doi: 10.1186/s40201-016-0262-y

Table 3.

Isotherms coefficients for the adsorption of HA onto MNPs and SMNPs at different adsorbent dosages (condition: pH = 3.0; agitation speed = 200 rpm; W = 0.25–0.75 g/L, C0 = 1–50 mg/L, t = 90 min and T = 20 ± 2 °C)

Adsorbent dose (g/L) Langmuir Freundlich Temkin
Eq: Ce/qe = Ce/q0 + 1/KLq0
plot: (Ce/qe) vs. Ce
Eq: lnqe = lnKF + n−1 lnCe
plot: ln qe vs. ln Ce
Eq: qe = B1 ln KT + B1 ln Ce
plot: qe vs. ln Ce
qm
(mg/g)
KL
(L/mg)
r2 RL KF
(mg/g(L/mg)1/n
n r2 kT qm r2
MNPs
 0.25 96.15 0.024 0.9578 0.45–0.97 2.53 1.2 0.9952 0.85 11.36 0.8794
 0.5 95.23 0.02 0.9738 0.5–0.98 2 1.13 0.9972 0.98 8.94 0.8633
 0.75 62.9 0.04 0.9818 0.5–0.98 2.45 1.2 0.995 1.44 7.4 0.875
SMNPs
 0.25 196.07 0.041 0.9571 0.32–0.96 8.05 1.22 0.9982 1.55 22.8 0.8583
 0.5 101.1 0.078 0.8523 0.2–0.93 7.36 1.33 0.996 2.84 12.6 0.8301
 0.75 67.6 0.283 0.8971 0.06–0.78 12.7 1.66 0.9977 8.04 14.4 0.768