Research Article

Sulfhydryl Functionalized Magnetic Chitosan as an Efficient Adsorbent for High-Performance Removal of Cd(II) from Water: Adsorption Isotherms, Kinetic, and Reusability Studies

Table 4

Kinetic data for Cd(II) adsorption by Fe3O4@CS@DMSA nanocomposite (: 298 K; : 25 mg/L; adsorbent dose: 0.01 g; agitation speed: 100 rpm).

ModelParametersValue
: 25 mg/L, : 58.75 mg/g

Pseudo-first-order (mg/g)61.45
(1/min)0.0103
0.97515
Pseudo-second-order (mg/g)79.82
(g/mg-min)0.00011
0.9567
Elovich (mg/g min)0.87664
(mg/g)0.04278
0.93427