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Table 4 Adsorption and kinetic parameters

From: Removal of fluoride from polluted waters using active carbon derived from barks of Vitex negundo plant

Serial No.

Adsorption isotherms and kinetic models

 

Slope

Intercept

R 2

1

Freundlich isotherm

 

0.249

0.490

0.929

2

Langmuir isotherm

R L = 0.0299

0.979

0.151

0.998

3

Temkin isotherm

B = 0.196 J/mol

0.196

1.205

0.980

4

Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherm

E = 7.07 kJ/mol

−1E−08

−9.561

0.946

5

Pseudo-first-order model

 

−0.012

−0.258

0.989

6

Pseudo-second-order model

 

0.777

7.320

0.994

7

Bangham’s pore diffusion model

 

0.538

−0.976

0.902

8

Elovich model

 

0.207

0.249

0.912

9

Weber and Morris intraparticle diffusion model

 

0.066

0.567

0.874