Research Article

Adsorption of Arsenate from Aqueous Solution onto Modified Vietnamese Bentonite

Table 3

Parameters of pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order kinetic model of As(V) adsorption by Fe-B and Al-B at different temperatures.

AdsorbentT (K)qe (experimental) (mg/g)First-order kinetic modelSecond-order kinetic model
k1 (min−1)qe (cal) (mg/g)R2k2 (g/mg·min)qe (cal) (mg/g)R2

Fe-B28314.380.01015.190.9420.35 × 10−321.140.924
29314.420.01312.440.9770.68 × 10−319.800.973
30314.420.0279.800.9624.20 × 10−315.530.999
31314.440.0216.570.9927.30 × 10−314.970.998

Al-B28318.471.6 × 10−316.350.9561.0 × 10−322.220.984
29320.751.9 × 10−313.010.9482.9 × 10−322.220.998
30320.807.0 × 10−38.560.9494.2 × 10−320.830.992
31321.059.0 × 10−37.090.7525.8 × 10−321.280.996