Research Article

Adsorption Studies on the Removal of Textile Effluent over Two Natural Eco-Friendly Adsorbents

Table 3

Pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order parameters for adsorption of textile wastewater on both adsorbents surface M1 and M2.

Materialsqeexp (mg·g−1)Pseudo-first-orderPseudo-second-order
k1 (min−1)qe, calculated (mg·g−1)R2k2 (g·mg−1·min−1)qe, calculated (mg·g−1)R2

M12606.64.10−2347.80.87232.10−2257.780.999
M22453.0410–2289.290.80383.10–2241.260.997