Table 2.
Nonlinear Freundlich, Langmuir, Dubinin–Radushkevich, Temkin and Toth isotherm parameters for adsorption of metal ions onto Dowex 50WX8
| Isotherm | Parameters | Metal ions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DY(III) | Pr(III) | Y(III) | ||
| Langmuir | Qo (mg/g) | 62.32 | 36.94 | 48.76 | 
| b (ml/mg) | 0.0041 | 0.0074 | 0.0035 | |
| RL | 0.707 | 0.575 | 0.739 | |
| R2 | 0.956 | 0.995 | 0.978 | |
| Chi^2 | 5.36 | 0.43 | 1.97 | |
| Freundlich | Kf (mg/g) | 0.632 | 1.044 | 0.491 | 
| 1/n | 0.719 | 0.569 | 0.694 | |
| R2 | 0.944 | 0.971 | 0.959 | |
| Chi^2 | 6.765 | 2.604 | 3.597 | |
| Dubinin–Radushkevich | qm | 245.38 | 116.96 | 142.26 | 
| β mol2 /kJ2 | 0.0078 | 0.0064 | 0.0086 | |
| R2 | 0.952 | 0.484 | 0.971 | |
| EDR | 7.996 | 8.846 | 7.612 | |
| Chi^2 | 2.20 E-10 | 7.11E-11 | 3.23E-10 | |
| Tempkin | , kJ/mol | 280.66 | 351.33 | 328.04 | 
| K0, mmol/g | 0.0888 | 0.1017 | 0.0657 | |
| R2 | 0.8989 | 0.9738 | 0.9119 | |
| Chi^2 | 12.3 | 2.34 | 7.77 | |
| Toth isotherm | qT, mg/g | 23.19 | 25.02 | 49.11 | 
| KT | 0.035 | 0.04 | 0.017 | |
| N | 1.018 | 1.057 | 1.048 | |
| R2 | 0.9668 | 0.987 | 0.991 | |
| x2 | 1.504 | 1.19 | 1.688 | |