Table 1.

Adsorption kinetic parameters of MB by adsorbents.

C0 (mg∙L−1)	Pseudo-first-order model				Pseudo-second-order model
	qe (exp)(mg∙g−1)	k1 (min−1)	qe (cal)(mg∙g−1)	R 2	k2 (g∙mg−1∙min−1)	qe (cal)(mg∙g−1)	R 2
100	92.01	0.0037	59.77	0.9912	1.14 × 10−4	97.66	0.9985
200	170.12	0.0029	102.78	0.9899	5.72 × 10−5	179.86	0.9981
300	245.75	0.0031	150.61	0.9845	3.93 × 10−5	260.42	0.9977
400	295.15	0.0034	181.75	0.9936	3.67 × 10−5	311.53	0.9982