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Table 3. Summary of the maximum oil absorption capacities and the absorption rate constants of the PMSQ–SF aerogels at 23 °C using pseudo-first and -second order models.

		EM-SF-4	EM-SF-40	EMT-10-SF-4	EMT-10-SF-40
Maximum absorption capacity, Q_m (g g^–1 %)		869	1025	520	596
Pseudo-second order	Correlation coefficient (R²)	0.98	0.86	0.90	0.90
Pseudo-second order	Sorption rate constant (k₂)	0.0001	0.00047	0.00037	0.00036
Pseudo-first order	Correlation coefficient (R²)	0.98	0.41	0.59	0.73
Pseudo-first order	Sorption rate constant (k₁)	0.07	0.02	0.005	0.065