Bioresources and Bioprocessing

Table 3 Adsorption isotherm parameters for adsorption of levofloxacin by CuO NPs 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

Isotherm models	Antibiotic	Parameters (nZVI)
Langmuir Freundlich	Levofloxacin	Qmax (exp) (mg g^?1)	KL	R2	RL
		0.125		0.999	0.01
		Qmax(cal) (mg g^?1)
		0.127
		KF (mg g^?1(L mg)1/n)	n	R
		1.06	0.46	0.953
Temkin		B	A_T	R
		0.116	1.06	0.987
Isotherm models	Antibiotic	Parameters(CuO NPS)
Isotherm models	Levofloxacin	Qmax (exp) (mg g^?1)	KL	R2	RL
Langmuir		0.127		0.993	0.03
Freundlich		Qmax (cal) (mg g^?1)
		0.13
		KF (mg g^?1(L mg)1/n)	n	R
		0.109	6.5	0.91
Temkin		B	A_T	R
		0.101	1.24	0.955

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