Research Article

Adsorption Thermodynamic and Kinetic Studies of Methyl Orange onto Sugar Scum Powder as a Low-Cost Inorganic Adsorbent

Table 1

Kinetic parameters for the MO adsorption onto sugar scum powder (C0 = 100 mg/L; adsorbent dose = 16 g/L; pH = 7.21; T = 22°C).

qe,exp (mg/g)Pseudo-first-orderPseudo-second-order
qe,cal (mg/g)k1 (1/min)R2qe,cal (mg/g)k2 (g/mg min)R2

5.322.650.11180.995.490.00510.99