Research Article
Adsorption of an Anionic Azo Dye Using Moringa oleifera Seed Protein-Montmorillonite Composite
Table 2
Parameters of the three kinetic equations for RR-2 adsorption on MOSP-MMT.
| Models | Parameters | Values | C0 = 51.9 mg/L | C0 = 100.3 mg/L |
| Pseudo-first-order equation | qe,exp | 6.3 | 10.5 | qe,cal | 6.51 | 3.12 | k1 | 0.0039 | 0.0053 | R2 | 0.964 | 0.9 |
| Pseudo-second-order equation | qe,cal | 6.60 | 10.81 | k2 | 0.0050 | 0.0021 | R2 | 0.9959 | 0.9918 |
| Elovich equation | α | 5.71 | 1.58 | β | 1.35 | 0.63 | R2 | 0.9357 | 0.9796 |
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