Adsorptive Separation Studies of -Carotene from Methyl Ester Using Mesoporous Carbon Coated Monolith

Table 3

Kinetics data for 𝛽-carotene adsorption on MCCM.

Temp (^°C)	𝐶0 (mg/L)	𝑞𝑒,exp. (mg/g)	Pseudo-first-order			Pseudo-second-order
			𝑞𝑒,calc.(mg/g)	𝑘1 (1/min)	𝑅^2	𝑞𝑒,calc. (mg/g)	𝑘2 (g/mg-min)	𝑅^2
50	50	3.099	1.842	0.0221	0.9791	3.262	0.0249	0.9997
50	250	5.969	2.818	0.0235	0.9475	6.203	0.0187	0.9998
50	500	10.775	5.212	0.0237	0.9576	11.186	0.0105	0.9999
30	500	8.218	4.756	0.0196	0.9311	8.772	0.0073	0.9983
40	500	9.615	5.145	0.0216	0.9548	10.152	0.0081	0.9997