Kinetics and Equilibrium Studies of the Adsorption of Copper(II) Ions from Industrial Wastewater Using Activated Carbons Derived from Sugarcane Bagasse

Table 1

Proximate analysis and physicochemical properties of the prepared adsorbents.

Physicochemical properties	Adsorbents
	Bagasse	BAC-P	BAC-Zn
Surface area (m^2 g^−1)	10	537	484
Bulk density (g mL^−1)	0.78	0.48	0.60
Iodine no. (mg g^−1)	132	201	175
pH	9.5	7.89	8.33
Proximate analysis
Moisture content (%)	23.60	5.25	5.10
Ash content (%)	4.25	2.15	2.75
Volatile matter (%)	11.54	7.75	7.54
Fixed carbon (%)	61.45	10.72	12.75