Research Article

Adsorptive Removal of Hexavalent Chromium by Diphenylcarbazide-Grafted Macadamia Nutshell Powder

Table 3

Freundlich and Langmuir adsorption constants for MHP.

ModelsParameters20 MHP35 MHP50 MHP

(mg/g)14.6022.2437.74
Langmuir (mg/g)21.7727.7660.59
(L/mg)0.01730.03910.0189
0.8730.9350.961
Var2.722.816.67

(mg1−1nL1/n/g)1.333.273.39
Freundlich1.962.331.84
0.9060.9470.974
Var2.022.294.39

Sum of square errors divided by degrees of freedom.