Research Article

Valorization of Wasted Black Tea as a Low-Cost Adsorbent for Nickel and Zinc Removal from Aqueous Solution

Table 3

The parameters of Freundlich and Langmuir adsorption equations.

AdsorbateFreundlich constantsLangmuir constants
(mg/g)AAD% (mg/g)AAD%

Ni2+20.800.240.976 3.4990.910.2240.9493.37
Zn2+16.220.360.9942.92166.670.1330.9173.53