Table 4.

Banding capacity parameters for experimental bentonites at different incubation time

Time(hr)	BMax					rc					BEF
	Common bentonite	Acidified bentonite	p -value			Common bentonite	Acidified bentonite	p -value			Common bentonite	Acidified bentonite	p -value
			Trt	Time				Trt	Time				Trt	Time
3	8.50 ± 0.10	13.22 ± 0.11	<0.01	0.42		0.30 ± 0.03	0.92 ± 0.01	<0.01	<0.01		0.18 ± 0.00	0.85 ± 0.03	<0.01	<0.01
6	8.49 ± 0.10	13.38 ± 0.11				0.32 ± 0.02	0.93 ± 0.02				0.19 ± 0.00	0.87 ± 0.01
9	7.57 ± 0.10	13.54 ± 0.09				0.11 ± 0.03	0.93 ± 0.01				0.06 ± 0.00	0.89 ± 0.01

BMax: AFB1 binding capacity, rc: ratio of chemisorption, BEF: Binding equivalency factor, and Trt: Treatment.