Adsorption, Modeling, Thermodynamic, and Kinetic Studies of Methyl Red Removal from Textile-Polluted Water Using Natural and Purified Organic Matter Rich Clays as Low-Cost Adsorbent

Table 3

Statistic values of the maximum physiochemical parameters of raw and purified clays of Jebel Louka.

	ANb	ANp
pH	6.3 (5.8–6.6); ±0.3	4.8 (4.7–4.8); ±0.06
EC (mScm^−1)	0.4 (0.4–0.5); ±0.01∗	0.3 (0.1–0.2); ±0.44
TOC %	8.3 (9.1–7.6); ±0.13	0
CaCO3 %	2.5 (2.9–2.0); ±0.03	0
CEC (méq100 g^−1)	26.7 (26.7–26.9); ±0.10	21.5 (21.4–21.5); ±0.04
Ss (m^2g^−1)	37.7 (37.6–37.9); ±0.11	39.2 (39.1–39.3); ±0.07

Mean (minimum-maximum); ±SD : standard deviation; ; ; .