Research Article

Tea Stem as a Sorbent for Removal of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Phase

Table 2

Adsorption isotherm fittings for the MB adsorption onto tea stem powder (RM = 4 g/L; pH = 5.00).

Temperature (K)Qexp (mg/g)LangmuirFreundlichTemkinD-R
Qmax (mg/g)b (L/mg)R21/nKf (mg/g)R2A (L/mg)b (J/mol)R2QD-R (mg/g)βE (kJ/mol)R2

29899.80103.090.060.990.2919.310.961.70159.410.9985.532.480.640.93