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. 2019 Aug 13;7:552. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00552

Table 6.

General and linarized equation of Langmuir, Freudlich, Temkin, Dubinin Radushkevich, and Hasley isothems, beside their parameters for adsorption of Cu(II) on BDP.

Isotherm Equations (generalized/linearized forms) Curve segments
Parameters (I) (II) (III)
Langmuir qe=qm KL Ce1-KL Ce qm(mg/g) 4.036 −0.885
KL(L.mole−1) 83.3 × 103 −1.4 × 103
Ceqe= 1qm KL+Ceqm ΔGad(kJ.mole−1) −28.07 +17.89
R2 0.913 0.997
Freundlich qe= KFCe1n 1/n 2.488
141.3
log(qe)=log(KF)+(1n)log(Ce) KF(mole/g)(L/mole)1/n
R2 0.992
Temkin qe= RTbT ln(AT Ce) bT(J/mole) 20.41 −21.05 0.77
AT (L/mole) 7.4 × 1012 2.7 × 103 8.4 × 105
qe= RTbTln(AT)+RTbTln(Ce) R2 0.404 0.0.326 0.919
DR ln(qe)= ln(qm) βϵ2 β 1.37 × 10−8 1.52 × 10−9 3.63 × 10−8
ϵ=RT(1+ 1Ce) E(kJ/mole) 6.04I 18.17II 3.71IV
qs(mg.g) 7.83 × 103 1.15 × 10−4 1.12 × 103
E= 12β R2 0.388 0.629 0.949

I, II, and IV refers to the energy of segments (I, II, and IV) of DR isotherm, respectively. While the data for segment (III)β, E, qs, and R2are 3.06 × 10−9,−12.77, 1.79 × 10−6, and 0.216, respectively.