Table 1 Phenol and BPA adsorption kinetics onto KOH-SSAC (0.4 g/L) at pH of 6.0 and 298 K ± 2.
Pollutants | Initial concentration, mg/L | qe th., mg/g | Pseudo-first order \({q}_{t}={q}_{e}(1-{e}^{-k_{1}t})\) | Pseudo-second order \({q}_{t} = \frac{{k}_{2}q_e^2t}{1+{k}_{2}{q}_{e}t}\) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
qe, Cal., mg/g | k1 | R2 | qe, Cal., mg/g | k2 | R2 | |||
Phenol | 10 | 25.58 | 24.49 | 0.239 | 0.970 | 26.5 | 0.015 | 0.992 |
20 | 45.25 | 43.38 | 0.254 | 0.966 | 46.89 | 0.009 | 0.989 | |
40 | 85.35 | 81.43 | 0.211 | 0.953 | 89.20 | 0.003 | 0.991 | |
60 | 120.98 | 109.88 | 0.177 | 0.982 | 121.52 | 0.002 | 0.996 | |
80 | 143.65 | 132.43 | 0.194 | 0.984 | 144.86 | 0.002 | 0.994 | |
100 | 166.93 | 152.45 | 0.186 | 0.977 | 167.25 | 0.001 | 0.990 | |
BPA | 10 | 26.23 | 22.98 | 0.365 | 0.985 | 27.06 | 0.033 | 0.998 |
20 | 50.28 | 47.76 | 0.334 | 0.984 | 52.20 | 0.014 | 0.997 | |
40 | 93.45 | 90.60 | 0.361 | 0.988 | 94.98 | 0.008 | 0.996 | |
60 | 123.56 | 121.56 | 0.371 | 0.986 | 126.72 | 0.007 | 0.998 | |
80 | 152.65 | 144.25 | 0.272 | 0.991 | 153.67 | 0.003 | 0.996 | |
100 | 179.65 | 167.38 | 0.193 | 0.981 | 182.76 | 0.0017 | 0.998 | |