Research Article

Adsorption of Rare Earth Ce3+ and Pr3+ Ions by Hydrophobic Ionic Liquid

Table 3

Kinetic constants of Pr (III) ions adsorption by IL at various preliminary Pr (III) ion concentrations and temperature (dose- 0.5 mg g−1).

Kinetic modelParameters303 K313 K323 K
10 (mg L−1)30 (mg L−1)10 (mg L−1)30 (mg L−1)10 (mg L−1)30 (mg L−1)

Exploratoryqe (mg g−1)47.1107.746.7106.646.1106.1

Pseudo-first-orderk1 (min−1)0.0270.1170.0250.1130.0220.109
qe (mg g−1)11.621.311.220.610.719.8
R20.9110.9030.9080.8970.8980.889

Pseudo-second-orderk2 (g mg−1 min−1)0.0160.0110.0170.0130.0190.015
qe (mg g−1)46.3106.945.7106.544.8105.8
R20.9990.9980.9990.9990.9990.999

Elovichα (mg g−1 min−1)1.9 × 10−262.1 × 10−262.3 × 10−262.2 × 10−262.5 × 10−262.7 × 10−26
β (mg g−1)1.061.241.131.281.201.37
R20.8020.8210.8430.8180.8760.813