Research Article

Adsorption Equilibrium for Heavy Metal Divalent Ions (Cu2+, Zn2+, and Cd2+) into Zirconium-Based Ferromagnetic Sorbent

Table 3

The comparison between correlation coefficient, , and average relative error (ARE) among seven two-parameter isotherm models.

Isotherm modelsCu2+Zn2+Cd2+
ARE (%)ARE (%)ARE (%)

Langmuir0.72821.920.71304.960.85502.65
Freundlich0.85923.200.91361.590.87790.56
Dubinin-Radushkevich0.69524.900.37594.810.80374.03
Temkin0.66403.230.76241.890.90241.44