Table 5 Isotherm parameters on the adsorption of the selected Heavy Metals by P-CNTs.

From: Selected Heavy Metals Removal From Electroplating Wastewater by Purified and Polyhydroxylbutyrate Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes Adsorbents

Isotherm models

Fe

Ni

Cd

Pb

Cu

Zn

Cr

As

Langmuir

aL

312.50

10.09

66.67

−625

21.65

28.90

98.04

−50000

bL

2.31

−0.02

−11.06

−117.25

−0.004

0.1214

−0.39

−605

Q0

135.14

−625

−6.03

5.33

−5000

238.10

−250

82.65

RL

0.0034

−1.40

−0.03

−0.002

1.7313

0.0468

−0.03

−0.002

R2

0.0027

0.4155

0.1501

0.0074

0.4606

0.2226

0.2494

0.0074

Freundlich

Kf

160.33

5.10

189103

3.66

23.12

154.10

205.35

87.68

1/nf

−0.045

1.388

3.257

−0.277

1.008

0.068

2.223

−0.200

nf

−22.37

0.72

0.31

−3.61

0.99

14.77

0.45

−5.01

R2

0.0197

0.7078

0.3710

0.2291

0.6514

0.0350

0.5005

0.7094

Temkin

BT

−2.06

345.86

31.00

−2.18

241.96

12.92

480.31

−32.89

bT

−1101

6.56

73.23

−1040

9.38

175.70

4.73

−69.00

AT

3 × 10−32

0.1401

30.3994

0.1759

0.3109

181441

1.6833

0.0590

R2

0.0021

0.7904

0.5838

0.0930

0.8191

0.0268

0.7065

0.8767

D-R

Kads

−4 × 10−6

−3 × 10−5

−1 × 10−7

9 × 10−9

−1 × 10−5

−3 × 10−5

−5 × 10−7

6 × 10−9

qs

145.27

536.20

1398.42

5.15

467.41

230.81

798.23

87.68

R2

0.0678

0.5827

0.3581

0.181

0.6392

0.3176

0.4434

0.7094