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. 2021 Apr 13;26(8):2241. doi: 10.3390/molecules26082241

Table 1.

Kinetics constants and parameters determined using kinetic models for the adsorption process.

Kinetic Model Adsorbent
ACL ACL/Fe3O4
Pseudo-first order
qe cal 7.51 7.808
KP1st 0.0608 0.0819
R2 0.9151 0.9484
RMSE 0.5142 0.3687
Pseudo-second order
qe.cal 8.545 8.648
KP2st 0.009 0.0138
R2 0.9664 0.9730
RMSE 0.3235 0.2666
Elovich equation
α (mg/g min) 2.049 4.34
β (g/mg) 0.6328 0.7057
R2 0.9642 0.9156
RMSE 0.3337 0.4719
Intraparticle diffusion
Ki,1 (mg/g min1/2) 1.0021 1.0836
I1 (mg/g) 0.7179 1.0916
R2 0.9887 0.9965
Ki,2 (mg/g min1/2) 0.8855 0.7777
I2 (mg/g) 0.6332 2.4091
R2 0.9807 0.954
Ki,3 (mg/g min1/2) 0.0247 0.0081
I3 (mg/g) 7.4444 7.8024
R2 0.9495 0.9696