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Table 2 Kinetic models for adsorption of levofloxacin by CuO NP_S and nZVI

From: Adsorptive removal of levofloxacin and antibiotic resistance genes from hospital wastewater by nano-zero-valent iron and nano-copper using kinetic studies and response surface methodology

Kinetic models	Antibiotic	Parameters
Kinetic models		CuONPs
	Levofloxacin	qe,cal (mg g^?1)	K1 (min^?1)	R2
Pseudo-first-order		0.159	0.089	0.947
Pseudo-second-order		qe,cal (mg g^?1)	K2	R2
		0.228	0.06	0.983
		nZVI
Pseudo-first-order	Levofloxacin	0.98	1.86	0.95
Pseudo-second-order	Levofloxacin	0.24	0.09	0.994

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