Research Article

Study of Montmorillonite Clay for the Removal of Copper (II) by Adsorption: Full Factorial Design Approach and Cascade Forward Neural Network

Table 1

Chemical compositions of the materials.

Componentsw/w (%)
MontmorilloniteIndustrial waste

Na2O1.712.04
MgO3.961.85
Al2O318.643.01
SiO264.1123.18
CaO2.3711.21
K2O0.500.37
Fe2O33.0139.17
ZnO14.15
CuO0.71
SO37.09