Table 1. Isotherm Constants for the Adsorption of MB at 298 K onto Fungal Biomass DA (0.00001 kg) and PA (0.00001 kg)a.
| model | adsorbent | estimated isotherm parameters | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langmuir | qmax (mol/kg) | b (m3/kg) | R2 | |
| DA | 0.5210 | 48.6 | 0.9939 | |
| PA | 1.8387 | 60.1 | 0.9975 | |
| Freundlich | n | Kf ((mg/g)(L/mg)1/n) | R2 | |
| DA | 0.8748 | 8.1940 | 0.9918 | |
| PA | 0.9524 | 37.7656 | 0.9966 | |
a
Maximum adsorption capacity qmax (mol/kg), energy of adsorption b (m3/kg), adsorption capacity Kf ((mg/g)(L/mg)1/n), adsorption intensity n, coefficient of correlation R2.