Research Article

Development of Wood Apple Shell (Feronia acidissima) Powder Biosorbent and Its Application for the Removal of Cd(II) from Aqueous Solution

Table 2

Pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second order rate constants for Cd(II) binding by WAS.

(mg g−1)Pseudo-first-order modelPseudo-Second-order model
(min−1) (mg g−1)
(mg−1 min−1)

(mg g−1)

(mg g−1 min−1)

7.0990.2676.9530.90430.0817.1884.1850.9917