Table 5 BB factorial design of Ni(II) percent removal (%) optimization using PFTAC.

From: Sustainable activated carbon from palm waste for aqueous nickel II adsorption

Coded values response (%)

Trial

X1

X2

X3

Time

(min)

Concentration

(ppm)

Temperature(ºc)

Ni(II)percent removal (%) using PFTAC

Measured

Predicted

1

0

−1

1

30

50

45

64.57

58.8894

2

0

0

0

30

150

35

54.02

52.9254

3

1

0

1

90

150

45

82.92

83.0134

4

0

0

0

30

150

35

54.02

52.9254

5

1

−1

0

90

50

35

98.43

100.6894

6

0

−1

−1

30

50

25

44.42

47.4814

7

1

0

−1

90

150

25

82.25

77.5654

8

−1

1

0

0

300

35

0

0

9

0

0

0

30

150

35

54.02

52.9254

10

−1

−1

0

0

50

35

0

0

11

1

1

0

90

300

35

46.65

42.6144

12

0

1

−1

30

300

25

27.89

27.9064

13

0

1

1

30

300

45

37.19

31.3144

14

−1

0

1

0

150

45

0

0

15

−1

0

−1

0

150

25

0

0