Multi-Component Adsorption of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylene from Aqueous Solutions by Montmorillonite Modified with Tetradecyl Trimethyl Ammonium Bromide

Table 3

Parameters of pseudo-second order kinetic model obtained from the adsorption data.

Adsorbate	𝑞𝑒,experimental (mg/g)	Pseudo-second order
		𝑘2 (g/mg · h)	h (g/mg · h)	𝑞𝑒,calculated (mg/g)	R ^2
Benzene	3.98	0.35	5.43	3.95	0.996
Toluene	5.15	0.26	5.75	4.72	0.995
Ethylbenzene	6.00	0.18	6.29	5.88	0.996
Xylene	6.98	0.14	6.90	7.14	0.996