Ethylbenzene Removal by Carbon Nanotubes from Aqueous Solution
Table 3
Summary of selected diagnostics for ethylbenzene adsorbed by CNTs.
Adsorbents
βSelected βdiagnostics
Isotherms
GLF
Toth
Linear
Langmuir
F-P
L-P
Freundlich
P-P
BET
Polanyi
SWCNTs
AICc
34.4
41.5
41.5
41.5
41.5
41.5
44.7
45.5
24.5
72.8
0.988
0.962
0.962
0.962
0.962
0.962
0.962
0.962
0.992
0.000
0.934
0.892
0.892
0.892
0.892
0.892
0.892
0.888
0.966
0.947
30
1 Γ 10β9
3 Γ 10β9
2 Γ 10β10
3 Γ 10β10
4 Γ 10β10
7.3
5 Γ 10β1
2 Γ 10β2
9 Γ 105
Linearity assessment
Non-linear
Linear
Linear
Linear
Linear
Linear
Non- linear
Non-linear
Linear
Non-linear
HCNTs
AICc
25.9
26.3
26.3
26.3
26.3
29.5
29.5
31.3
40.7
72.8
0.994
0.992
0.992
0.992
0.992
0.992
0.992
0.992
0.960
0.000
0.946
0.942
0.942
0.942
0.942
0.942
0.942
0.952
0.945
0.957
83
6 Γ 10β10
1 Γ 10β9
8 Γ 10β10
6 Γ 10β10
3 Γ 102
20
5 Γ 10β1
10
2 Γ 106
Linearity assessment
Non-linear
Linear
Linear
Linear
Linear
Non-linear
Non- linear
Non-linear
Linear
Non-linear
MWCNTs
AICc
30.7
34.8
34.8
34.8
34.8
34.8
38.6
39.3
37.6
68.1
0.989
0.980
0.980
0.980
0.980
0.980
0.979
0.980
0.965
β
0.931
0.914
0.914
0.914
0.914
0.914
0.914
0.918
0.956
0.944
39
1 Γ 10β9
2 Γ 10β9
2 Γ 10β9
2 Γ 10β9
2 Γ 10β9
11
5 Γ 10β1
11
3 Γ 10β9
Linearity assessment
Linear
Linear
Linear
Linear
Linear
Linear
Non- linear
Non-linear
Linear
Linear
AICc: Multimodel ranking, : Correlation between measured and simulated observation, : Correlation between residual and normality, : Linssen measure of nonlinearity.