Table 1 Theoretical model equations.

From: Adsorption of Fe-modified peanut shell biochar for Pb(II) in mixed Pb(II), Cu(II), Ni(II) solutions

Models

Equations

Refs.

Quasi-first (QFDM)

\(q_{t} = q_{e} \left( {1 - e^{{ - k_{1} t}} } \right)\)

23,24

Quasi-second (QSDM)

\(q_{t} = q_{e}^{2} k_{2} t/\left( {1 + q_{e} k_{2} t} \right)\)

Chi-square (χ2)

\(\chi^{2} = \frac{{\sum\nolimits_{i = 1}^{n} {\left( {q_{e,cal} - q_{e,\exp } } \right)_{i}^{2} } }}{{q_{e,\exp } }}\)

25

Intra-particle (IPDM)

\(q_{t} = k_{p} t^{1/2} + x_{i}\)

26

Elovich (EDM)

\(q_{t} = \frac{1}{\beta }\ln (\alpha \beta ) + \frac{1}{\beta }\ln t\)

27

Bangham (BDM)

\(q_{t} = q_{e} - q_{e} /e^{{k_{BH} t^{z} }}\)

23

Diffusion-chemisorption (DCDM)

\(q_{t} = \left( {t^{1/2} q_{e} k_{DC} } \right)/\left( {t^{1/2} k_{DC} + q_{e} } \right)\)

28

Langmuir (LIM)

\(Q_{e} = Q_{m} k_{L} C_{e} /\left( {1 + k_{L} C_{e} } \right)\)

29

Freundlich (FIM)

\(Q_{e} = k_{F} C_{e}^{{1/{\text{n}}}}\)

Langmuir–Freundlich (LFIM)

\(Q_{e} = Q_{LF} \left( {k_{LF} C_{e} } \right)^{{n_{LF} }} /\left( {1 + \left( {k_{LF} C_{e} } \right)^{{n_{LF} }} } \right)\)

30

Henry (HeIM)

\(Q_{e} = k_{H} C_{e} + C_{H}\)

31

Redlich-Peterson (RPIM)

\(Q_{e} = C_{e} k_{RP} /\left( {1 + a_{RP} C_{e}^{{n_{RP} }} } \right)\)

32

Koble-Corrigan (KCIM)

\(Q_{e} = A_{KC} C_{e}^{{n_{KC} }} /\left( {1 + k_{KC} C_{e}^{{n_{KC} }} } \right)\)

33

Sips (SIM)

\(Q_{e} = Q_{sips} \left( {k_{sips} C_{e} } \right)^{{n_{sips} }} /\left( {1 + k_{sips} C_{e}^{{n_{sips} }} } \right)\)

Hill (HiIM)

\(Q_{e} = Q_{Hill} C_{e}^{{n_{Hill} }} /(k_{Hill} + C_{e}^{{n_{Hill} }} )\)

34

Thermodynamic calculation

\(\Delta G = - RT\ln \left( {K_{C} } \right)\)

32

\(\ln \left( {K_{C} } \right) = \Delta S/R - \Delta H/RT\)

\(K_{C} = C_{s} - C_{e}\)