Table 4 First-order kinetic parameters for the adsorption of A. ferrooxidans with different inoculum levels.
First-order kinetics of the adsorption process | 10% Vaccination | 15% Vaccination | 20% Vaccination | Twenty-five percent of the inoculum | 30% Vaccination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Qe | 2.1243 | 2.6105 | 3.2308 | 4.1874 | 4.3384 |
k1 | 0.01008 | 0.01096 | 0.01096 | 0.01116 | 0.01085 |
R2 | 0.9303 | 0.9628 | 0.9571 | 0.9375 | 0.9442 |