Table 1.
Isotherms | Isotherm Constants | Heavy Metal Ions | Noble Metal Ions | ||||
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Cu2+ | Pb2+ | Cd2+ | Pd2+ | Pt4+ | Au3+ | ||
Langmuir | Fmax (mg g−1) | 41.2 | 113.9 | 57.1 | 285.7 | 185.2 | 384.6 |
K (L mg−1) | 0.02915 | 0.3776 | 0.1726 | 0.0986 | 0.1192 | 0.2524 | |
R 2 | 0.9164 | 0.9935 | 0.9971 | 0.9985 | 0.9988 | 0.9997 | |
RL | 0.2554–0.6317 | 0.0145–0.1169 | 0.0461–0.2246 | 0.0125–0.9103 | 0.0138–0.8935 | 0.0049–0.7985 | |
Freundlich | Kf (mg g−1) (L mg−1)1/n | 2.816 | 44.17 | 15.57 | 37.025 | 32.946 | 58.844 |
n | 1.823 | 4.200 | 3.207 | 2.682 | 3.095 | 2.597 | |
R 2 | 0.9431 | 0.9891 | 0.9635 | 0.9653 | 0.9614 | 0.9102 | |
Dubinin–Radushkevich | FD-R (mg g−1) | 30.6 | 98.2 | 45.6 | 128.14 | 101.64 | 195.43 |
E | 0.082 | 0.780 | 0.728 | 2.946 | 3.402 | 2.884 | |
R 2 | 0.9832 | 0.7024 | 0.8152 | 0.6336 | 0.7531 | 0.7947 |