Research Article

Effective Factor Analysis for Chromium(VI) Removal from Aqueous Solutions and Its Application to Tunçbilek Lignite Using Design of Experiments

Table 3

Experimental runs and their results and predicted values from the regression analysis.

Run no. (actual)Active carbon type (A)Temperature (K) (B)ppm (mg/L) (C)pH (D)qe (mg/g AC)Predicted qe (mg/g AC)

1 (1)PAC298.025.020.8400.712
2 (3)PAC323.025.020.8840.805
3 (5)PAC298.01200.0220.59318.957
4 (7)PAC323.01200.0222.96422.167
5 (9)PAC298.025.060.5490.496
6 (11)PAC323.025.060.7320.589
7 (13)PAC298.01200.0610.91710.608
8 (15)PAC323.01200.0612.77113.818
9 (17)PAC310.5612.548.3708.519
10 (2)CAC298.025.020.7240.712
11 (4)CAC323.025.020.7370.805
12 (6)CAC298.01200.0216.78018.957
13 (8)CAC323.01200.0222.06222.167
14 (10)CAC298.025.060.4540.496
15 (12)CAC323.025.060.5880.589
16 (14)CAC298.01200.0610.99210.608
17 (16)CAC323.01200.0614.32413.818
18 (18)CAC310.5612.548.0608.519