Research Article

Competitive and Noncompetitive Batch Sorption Studies of Aqueous Cd(II) and Pb(II) Uptake onto Coffea canephora Husks, Cyperus papyrus Stems, and Musa spp. Peels

Table 5

The pseudo-second-order model parameters.

BiomassMetal ion (mg/g) (g/mg/min)

C. canephoraCd2+1.1780.250.9985
Pb2+1.5810.671

Musa spp.Cd2+0.3550.7470.8816
Pb2+1.560.1690.9996

C. papyrusCd2+0.124.1520.8917
Pb2+1.7320.0150.8941