Table 1 The estimated theoretical parameters of the kinetic models, isotherm models, and the thermodynamic studies.

From: Enhanced decontamination of levofloxacin as toxic pharmaceutical residuals from water using CaO/MgO nanorods as a promising adsorbent

Kinetic models

Isotherm models

Model

Parameters

LVX

Model

Parameters

LVX

Pseudo-first order

k1 (mg/min)

0.006

Langmuir

qmax (mg/g)

106.75

b(L/mg)

0.219

qe (Cal) (mg/g)

37.73

R2

0.98

R2

0.98

RL

0.044–0.313

X2

0.16

Pseudo-Second order

k2 (mg/min)

1.86 × 10–4

Freundlich

1/n

0.249

KF

40.31

R2

0.83

qe (Cal) (mg/g)

48.78

X2

0.321

R2

0.99

Elovich

β (g/mg)

0.0976

Dubinin–Radushkevich

β (mol2/KJ2)

12.35

qm (mg/g)

99.14

α (mg/g min)

108.65

R2

0.90

E (KJ/mol)

0.2

R2

0.96

Parameters

Thermodynamic parameters

   
 

Temperature (K)

LVX

   

∆G° (kJ mol−1)

303

 − 19.54

   

308

 − 19.64

   

313

 − 19.42

   

318

 − 18.95

   

323

 − 18.12

   

328

 − 17.01

   

333

 − 14.24

   

ΔH° (kJ mol−1)

 

 − 67.78

   

ΔS° (J K−1 mol−1)

 

 − 156.15