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Table 4 Standard thermodynamic parameters for the adsorption of levofloxacin onto CuONPS and nZVI at different temperatures

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

Nanomaterials

Antibiotic

Adsorption thermodynamic parameters

  

Temp, T (K)

qe(Exp.)

?Go?=? (KJ mol?1)

?Ho?=? (KJ mol?1)

?So?=? (J mol?1 K-1)

R2

CuONPS

Levofloxacin

298

0.162

??2.97990388

??28.2759

??0.08488

0.993

308

0.1482

??2.13104448

   

318

0.1288

??1.28218508

   

328

0.1168

??0.43332568

   

nZVI

 

298

0.1628

??1.80915966

??16.927304

??0.050732

0.999

308

0.1558

??1.30183938

   

318

0.1486

??0.7945191

   

328

0.14

??0.28719882