Research Article

Evaluation of La-Doped Mesoporous Bioactive Glass as Adsorbent and Photocatalyst for Removal of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solution

Table 3

Comparison of kinetics parameters of MB onto BG-La.

AdsorbentPseudo-first-order kinetic modelPseudo-second-order kinetic model
(mg/g) (min−1) (mg/g) (g/(mg min))

BG-La-18.640.220.0120.86368.620.3371
BG-La-28.660.140.0030.90218.660.1360.9999
BG-La-37.591.550.0140.81757.406.3630.9998
BG-La-44.181.370.0180.91524.140.0470.9995
BG-La-53.540.940.0150.91923.18−0.0760.9934