Research Article

Thermal Treatment of Cerium Oxide and Its Properties: Adsorption Ability versus Degradation Efficiency

Table 2

Parameters of the pseudo-first-order kinetic equation for the sorption of AO7 on CeO2 annealed at different temperatures.

Annealing temperature (°C) (mmol/g)a (min−1)a RSS

2000.283 (0.003)0.422 (0.022)0.99610.0004
3000.276 (0.004)0.446 (0.035)0.99160.0005
4000.273 (0.005)0.584 (0.070)0.98270.0010
5000.312 (0.010)0.384 (0.069)0.95170.0039
6000.326 (0.008)0.540 (0.091)0.96430.0030
7000.172 (0.005)0.441 (0.075)0.95920.0002
8000.079 (0.002)0.475 (0.085)0.95700.0006
9000.060 (0.004)0.177 (0.059)0.83940.0026
10000.031 (0.008)0.158 (0.019)0.97750.0005

Standard errors given in parentheses.