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. 2022 Feb 25;14(5):914. doi: 10.3390/polym14050914

Table 3.

Kinetic parameters calculated for the adsorption of Cu(II) on ADP and TADP adsorbents (initial concentration, C0 for Cu(II) was 20 mg/L).

Kinetics Model ADP TADP
Cu(II) 20 mg/L
qe,exp (mg/g) 136 178
Pseudo-first-order
qe1,cal (mg/g) 118.38 126.88
K1(1/min) 0.0097 0.0145
R2 0.991 0.978
Pseudo-second-order
qe2,cal (mg/g) 145.25 189.07
k2(g/mg-min) 0.00005 0.00003
R2 0.996 0.995