Table 6 Isotherm parameters on the adsorption of the selected Heavy Metals by PHB-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

227.27

10.16

−30.12

196.08

19.61

49.26

74.63

−2500

bL

1.6364

−0.0163

−34.6536

3.9216

−0.0012

0.2463

−0.366

−30.25

Q0

138.89

−625.00

0.86

50

−16667

200

−204.1

82.65

RL

0.0048

−1.38

−0.01

0.0491

1.1297

0.0237

−0.04

−0.0001

R2

0.0086

0.4319

0.8692

0.2212

0.3677

0.0341

0.4111

0.4998

Freundlich

Kf

154.24

5.44

1.4 × 10−9

328.78

16.80

198.79

128.07

87.68

1/nf

−0.313

1.365

−6.611

1.204

1.112

−0.018

1.992

−0.384

nf

−31.949

0.732

−0.151

0.831

0.899

−56.18

0.502

−2.602

R2

0.0114

0.6309

0.8697

0.5066

0.5978

0.0017

0.6460

0.7091

Temkin

BT

−0.6750

338.89

−52.375

17.651

271.26

−1.0382

410.72

−63.26

bT

−3362.6

6.70

−43.34

128.59

8.37

−2186

5.53

−35.88

AT

2 × 10−94

0.1424

25.0198

36.0660

0.2578

7 × 10−83

1.4366

0.2295

R2

0.0003

0.8037

0.9683

0.7095

0.7806

0.0001

0.8031

0.8765

D-R

Kads

−3 × 10−6

−3 × 10−5

−2 × 10−7

−4 × 10−8

−1 × 10−5

−3 × 10−5

−7 × 10−7

2 × 10−9

qs

145.71

542.62

6.5 × 10−5

71.25

445.50

210.76

755.21

87.68

R2

0.0730

0.6103

0.8930

0.4741

0.5278

0.1424

0.6210

0.7091