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Table 4 Isotherm parameters for the biosorption of Cu2+ on Oxalic acid modified and raw Saccharum officinarum biomas

From: Bioremediation of Cu(II) contaminated water by Saccharum officinarum: effect of oxalic acid modification on equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic parameters

  

Oxalic acid modified biomas

Raw raw biomas

Langmuir

Q max (mg g−1)

379.15

236.16

b (L mg−1)

0.0069

0.12

RL

0.36

0.04

R 2

0.999

0.990

Freudlinch

KF (mg g−1 (mg L−1)−1/n)

6.55

51.13

n

1.46

2.83

R 2

0.996

0.983

Tempkin

AT (L g−1)

0.08

1.14

BT (J mol−1 g mg−1)

33.06

49.62

R 2

0.999

0.989

Dubinin–Radushkevich

Q s (mg g−1)

172.08

195.14

E (kJ mol−1)

0.06

0.39

R 2

0.984

0.989

Redlich–Peterson

Q 0 (mg g−1)

2.28

26.39

K R (mg−1 g)1/g

0.000513

0.0845

g

1.47

1.07

R 2

0.999

0.990

Sips

Q s (mg g−1)

258.63

207.09

\(K_{s} \left( {{\text{mg}}^{{ - 1}} {\text{L}}} \right)_{{\text{s}}}^{{1/\beta }}\)

0.014

0.17

βs

1.32

1.61

R 2

0.999

0.992

Hill

Q H (mg g−1)

262.65

207.09

\(K_{H} \left( {mg^{ - 1} L} \right)_{H}^{1/n}\)

269.23

17.58

nH

1.30

1.61

R 2

0.999

0.992

Toth

Q T (mg g−1)

142.99

270.12

K T (mg L−1)

108.91

8.88

t

1.18

0.97

R 2

0.999

0.990