Table 3.

Isotherm constants of C. krusei, CaAlg and MCaAlg on removal of copper(II).

	C. krusei	CaAlg	MCaAlg
Langmuir constants
q max (mmol g−1)	−1.267	−0.645	2.418
K L (L mmol−1)	−1.785	−1.550	1.881
R2	0.76	0.96	0.99
Freundlich constants
n	1.216	1.2017	1.3959
K F (L g−1)	1.851	0.7155	1.2588
R2	0.74	0.98	0.97
Temkin constants
B (J mmol−1)	0.273	0.114	0.122
b T	9.213	22.05	20.60
A T (L g−1)	38.23	49.59	151.3
R2	0.96	0.89	0.91