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. 2021 Feb 5;11(12):6535–6543. doi: 10.1039/d0ra10943f

Kinetic parameters for orthophosphate adsorption by hydrochars.

Kinetic parameters pH 3 pH 5 pH 8
HC PRHC POHC HC PRHC POHC HC PRHC POHC
Pseudo-first order R 2 0.7637 0.6899 0.5476 0.7122 0.6374 0.6256 0.8035 0.7291 0.6551
K 1 (min−1) 0.0004 0.0004 0.0004 0.0004 0.0004 0.0006 0.0004 0.0004 0.0004
Pseudo-second order R 2 0.7489 0.7157 0.7049 0.7377 0.7126 0.7335 0.7506 0.7247 0.6961
K 2 (g mg−1 min−1) 0.0610 0.0999 0.1031 0.0716 0.1137 0.1750 0.0480 0.0762 0.0970
Elovich R 2 0.7612 0.7488 0.7038 0.7456 0.7373 0.7038 0.7634 0.7591 0.7351
α (mg g−1 min−1) 55.6626 68.9872 68.8631 59.4897 71.4767 80.7558 51.6533 62.1344 70.0282
β (mg g−1) 1.2116 1.0164 0.9705 1.1381 0.9649 0.8445 1.3152 1.1163 1.0134
Intraparticle R 2 0.7443 0.7372 0.6718 0.7295 0.7202 0.7365 0.7497 0.7422 0.7206
K i (mg g−1 h0.5) 0.288 0.3892 0.3222 0.3106 0.3833 0.4146 0.2743 0.3373 0.3973