Research Article
Biosorption Mechanism of Aqueous Pb2+, Cd2+, and Ni2+ Ions on Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS)
Table 5
Parameters of pseudo-second-order kinetics model.
| Heavy metals | Temperature (°C) | qm (mg g-1) | | |
| Pb2+ | 20 | 105.26 | 1.04 | 0.99 | 30 | 103.09 | 1.57 | 0.99 | 40 | 101.01 | 3.77 | 0.99 | Cd2+ | 20 | 31.55 | 1.33 | 0.99 | 30 | 30.86 | 2.09 | 0.99 | 40 | 29.85 | 4.40 | 0.99 | Ni2+ | 20 | 23.42 | 2.74 | 0.99 | 30 | 22.42 | 4.00 | 0.99 | 40 | 21.65 | 6.45 | 0.99 |
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