Research Article

Study of Montmorillonite Clay for the Removal of Copper (II) by Adsorption: Full Factorial Design Approach and Cascade Forward Neural Network

Table 3

24 full factorial experimental design with actual levels.

Runs% actual% predictedResiduals

162510198.498.210.187
26510077.778.11−0.412
332510069.770.00−0.298
46510185.885.81−0.012
53530171.271.81−0.613
662530091.290.790.412
732510180.180.24−0.138
832530072.773.06−0.363
96530189.488.740.663
103530064.264.010.187
113510168.168.14−0.038
123510060.459.940.462
1332530183.782.910.787
1462510088.788.460.237
1562530199.3100.14−0.838
166530081.281.44−0.238

%: removal efficiency.