Table 1 Isothermal adsorption model parameters for Cu2+ adsorption.

From: Heavy metal removal by hydrogel synthesized from rice bran/acrylic acid/sodium alginate

Ion

Models

Parameters

T(℃)

30

40

50

60

Cu2+

Langmuir

qm (mg/g)

26.50

26.48

26.06

25.78

KL

0.0469

0.0346

0.0295

0.0289

R2

0.9971

0.9933

0.9663

0.9651

RL

0.1783

0.2339

0.2525

0.2569

Freundlich

n

4.84

4.843

5.82

5.56

KF

7.74

7.42

8.59

8.13

R2

0.9856

0.9855

0.9007

0.9038

Duinin-Radushkevich

qm (mg/g)

23.33

22.21

21.45

21.54

Ea (kJ/mol)

0.17

0.16

0.16

0.15

R2

0.8716

0.7086

0.6176

0.6743