Bioadsorptive Removal of the Pollutant Zn(II) from Wastewater by Delftia tsuruhatensis Biomass

Table 4

Kinetic parameters obtained from Zn(II) biosorption by D. tsuruhatensis SA-101 based on the pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order models.

Initial conc.	qexp (mg/g)	Pseudo-first-order			Pseudo-second-order
		K1	qe	R^2	K2	qe	R^2
70	54.6	0.234	1.63	0.513	0.079	57.1	0.993