Research Article

The Application of the Activated Carbon from Cordia africana Leaves for Adsorption of Chromium (III) from an Aqueous Solution

Table 6

Adsorption kinetics.

Pseudo-first orderPseudo-second order

EquationR 2q e (mg/g)K 1 (min−1)EquationR 2K 2 (g·mg−1·min)q e (mg/g)
Y = −7.81X + 1.670.9910–7.813.85Y = 0.0183X + 1.140.982.94 × 10−454.65