Effective Biosorption of Nickel(II) from Aqueous Solutions Using Trichoderma viride

Table 1

Kinetic parameters for biosorption of Ni(II) by T. viride biomass.

Metal ion	Lagergren first order			Pseudo second order			Weber and Morris
	𝐾1 (min^−1)	𝑅^2	SSE	𝐾2 (g/(mg min))	𝑅^2	SSE	𝐾id (mg/g min^−0.5)	𝑅^2	SSE
	0.0165	0.9982	0.995	0.0004	0.999	0.011	2.328	0.9498	0.922
Ni(II)	0.0158	0.9856	0.998	0.0004	0.997	0.003	2.934	0.9877	0.943
	0.0127	0.9921	0.999	0.0004	0.997	0.004	3.809	0.9869	0.951
	0.0134	0.9968	0.999	0.0004	0.999	0.003	4.559	0.9713	0.934