Table 2 Fitting parameters for the adsorption kinetic models.

From: Cadmium adsorption performance and mechanism from aqueous solution using red mud modified with amorphous MnO2

Kinetic models and parameters

Parameters

MRM

RM

Pseudo-first order model

k1 (g mg−1 min−1)

0.0264

0.0270

qe (mg g−1)

43.7659

18.7008

R2

0.9733

0.9455

Pseudo-second order model

k2 (g mg−1 min−1)

0.0007

0.0016

qe (mg g−1)

46.3611

20.9422

R2

0.9904

0.9218

External diffusion model

kext

0.0097

0.0071

R2

0.9223

0.9209

Intraparticle diffusion model

kp,1 (mg g−1 min1/2)

4.4093

1.4095

R2

0.9723

0.9335

kp,2 (mg g−1 min1/2)

1.9492

4.9168

R2

0.8618

1.0000

kp,3 (mg g−1 min1/2)

0.0989

0.0956

Experimental

R2

0.8896

0.2605

qe (mg g−1)

45.65

18.75