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. 2017 Sep 14;12(9):e0184493. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184493

Table 1. Linear isotherm data for heavy metals adsorption on DPAC.

Temperature
(K)
Linear isotherm models
Langmuir Freundlich

qm
(mg/g)

b
(L/mg)

RL

R2

Kf
(mg/g)(L/mg)1/n

n

R2
Pb(II)
298 129.9 0.2391 0.0137 0.9993 33.2 3.33 0.7748
308 80.0 0.1120 0.0289 0.9982 21.9 3.96 0.9177
318 73.5 0.1027 0.0314 0.9982 19.1 3.84 0.9125
Cd(II)
298 217.4 0.1488 0.0219 0.9805 42.2 2.62 0.9406
308 149.2 0.0668 0.0475 0.9947 26.7 2.96 0.9268
318 128.2 0.0635 0.0499 0.9968 16.4 2.66 0.9381
Cu(II)
298 156.25 0.0407 0.0757 0.9444 16.68 2.34 0.9836
308 121.95 0.0325 0.0930 0.9487 16.12 2.76 0.9822/
318 107.52 0.0276 0.1077 0.9217 13.95 2.80 0.9692
Zn(II)
298 100 0.0532 0.0590 0.9819 20.18 3.39 0.8016
308 84.0 0.0424 0.0729 0.9710 14.62 3.20 0.9853
318 79.4 0.1850 0.0177 0.9382 6.18 2.35 0.9666