Adsorption of Cu (II) on the Surface of Nonconventional Biomass: A Study on Forced Convective Mass Transfer in Packed Bed Column

Table 2

Various isotherm models used in the present investigation.

Name of model	Nonlinear form	Linear form
Langmuir	𝑞𝑒=𝑞max𝐾𝑙𝐶𝑒1+𝐾𝑙𝐶𝑒	𝐶𝑒𝑞𝑒=1𝑞max𝐾𝑙+𝐶𝑒𝑞max
Freundlich	𝑞𝑒=(𝐾𝑓𝐶𝑒)^1/𝑛	Log𝑞𝑒=Log𝐾𝑓+1𝑛Log𝐶𝑒
Temkin	𝑞𝑒=𝐵𝑡 ln (𝐾𝑡𝐶𝑒)	𝑞𝑒=𝐵𝑡ln𝐾𝑡+𝐵𝑡ln𝐶𝑒