Table 2 Freundlich isotherm model parameters and correlation coefficients for the adsorption of Cu2+ and Fe3+ ions on ZnO, SiO2, and MgO NPs.
Freundlich isotherm model parameters | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Metal ions | Temperature | ZnO | SiO2 | MgO | ||||||
n | KF | R2 | n | KF | R2 | n | KF | R2 | ||
Cu2+ | 298 | 2.85 | 2.88 | 0.95 | 5.26 | 1.05 | 0.63 | 2.85 | 2.34 | 0.96 |
313 | 3.35 | 8.12 | 0.94 | 2.00 | 1.13 | 0.96 | 2.94 | 6.45 | 0.88 | |
338 | 3.35 | 9.54 | 0.94 | 1.88 | 1.11 | 0.97 | 3.33 | 8.31 | 0.95 | |
Fe3+ | 298 | 2.94 | 2.15 | 0.95 | 2.11 | 0.70 | 0.92 | 2.92 | 1.62 | 0.78 |
313 | 1.88 | 2.42 | 0.96 | 1.74 | 1.10 | 0.99 | 2.08 | 2.51 | 0.90 | |
338 | 1.97 | 3.81 | 0.92 | 1.53 | 1.17 | 0.98 | 2.38 | 2.70 | 0.99 | |