Table 2.

Pseudo-first order, pseudo-second order and Weber-Morris rate equation parameters for removal of benzene, toluene and naphthalene.

	CS-GO Composite
	Bα	B + DOMβ	Tγ	T + DOM	Nδ	N +DOM
Pseudo-first order
k1 (h−1)	21.77	16.24	15.94	16.36	10.12	4.483
qe (mg g−1)	148.6	175.4	73.01	98.89	6.577	11.01
SSEβ	11.80	155.9	187.2	82.06	4.177	8.330
R2	0.999	0.994	0.966	0.991	0.910	0.936
Pseudo-second order
k2 (mg g−1 h−1)	0.236	0.129	0.259	0.229	1.819	0.295
qe (mg·g−1)	157.7	190.8	80.79	108.4	7.390	14.08
SSE	206.1	815.3	374.3	42.78	5.182	12.16
R2	0.988	0.970	0.931	0.995	0.888	0.905
Weber-Morris model
k3 (mg g−1 h1/2)	119.9	150.4	69.18	98.47	6.574	12.41
C	57.01	59.03	21.60	27.20	1.436	0.126
SSE	7217	1088	1920	2614	13.31	25.03
R2	0.779	0.779	0.648	0.850	0.714	0.807

^α= Benzene

^β= Dissolved Organic Matter

^γ= Toluene

^δ= Naphthalene