Research Article

Equilibrium, Kinetic, and Thermodynamic Studies on the Adsorption of Cadmium from Aqueous Solution by Modified Biomass Ash

Table 5

Kinetic parameters for biomass ash and the synthesized matrix.

AdsorbentTemp (°C) Pseudo-first-order modelPseudo-second-order model
(min−1) (g·mg−1·min−1)

Biomass ash308.8 × 10−30.7243.71 × 10−30.999
Synthesized matrix9 × 10−30.4331.60 × 10−21