Table 2 The theoretical parameters of the studied the kinetic models, classic isotherm, and advanced isotherm models.

From: Calcium modified mesoporous silica from marble for the removal of cadmium, lead, chromium, iron, and manganese from Siwa Oasis groundwater

Model

Parameters

Cd (II)

Fe (II)

Pb (II)

Cr (VI)

Mn (II)

Kinetic models

Pseudo-first-order

K1 (min− 1)

0.0096

0.0098

0.0119

0.0046

0.0117

Qe (Cal) (mg/g)

72.6

79

88.9

49.1

53.4

R2

0.93

0.93

0.95

0.96

0.98

X2

2.21

2.03

1.46

0.12

0.23

Pseudo-second-order

k2 (g mg− 1 min− 1)

8.34 × 10− 5

8.01 × 10− 5

9.71 × 10− 5

1.66 × 10− 4

4.14 × 10− 5

Qe (Cal) (mg/g)

95.5

103.3

111.8

66.5

74.3

R2

0.90

0.90

0.90

0.94

0.94

X2

2.95

2.87

2.87

0.76

0.91

Classic isotherm models

Langmuir

Qmax (mg/g)

235.4

249.7

297.1

135.1

158.5

b(L/mg)

3.9 × 10− 8

1.4 × 10− 7

7.9 × 10− 8

3.6 × 10− 8

1.5 × 10− 6

RL

0.99

0.99

0.99

0.99

0.99

R2

0.98

0.99

0.99

0.99

0.99

X2

1.47

0.16

0.67

0.24

0.19

Freundlich

1/n

0.88

0.74

0.81

0.91

0.75

kF (mg/g)

2.47

5.37

4.71

2.84

3.02

R2

0.98

0.97

0.98

0.98

0.98

X2

2.16

2.36

1.15

1.03

0.88

D-R model

β (mol2/kJ2)

0.0076

0.0065

0.0062

0.0079

0.0074

Qm (mg/g)

250.3

264.3

326.8

142.0

166.7

R2

0.98

0.99

0.90

0.99

0.99

X2

1.44

1.01

4.12

0.38

0.17

E (kJ/mol)

8.1

8.7

8.9

7.95

8.2

Advanced isotherm model

Monolayer model of one energy site

R2

0.99

0.99

0.99

0.99

0.99

X2

1.47

0.15

0.67

0.23

0.09

n

4.67

4.45

10.58

4.44

3.56

Nm (mg/g)

51.2

56.7

29.12

29.87

43.46

Qsat (mg/g)

239.1

252.3

308.1

132.6

154.7

C1/2 (mg/L)

38.5

34.4

26.7

47.4

43.1

 

ΔE (kJ/mol)

– 5.2

– 7.6

– 4.4

– 5.9

– 6.8